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Comment: True, but taxes and things like corruption, greed, incompetent government and not getting a fair return on tax dollars aren’t just “scapegoats” as this article says.
Another profile of Dick and Liz Uihlein.
Enough. When will Democratic members — especially those who make a public show of their opposition to harassment — grow a spine? They’re all about #MeToo when it’s trendy. Just not when it actually matters.
Illinois’ fiscal year 2019 spending plan includes reforms to discourage some irresponsible spending by local governments.
Comment: This scandal, detailed by the Chicago Tribune earlier this week, should be getting national headlines but is being ignored.
Passing a budget does nothing to change the fact that Illinois is on the wrong track. “We’re one notch away from a junk bond rating. You can’t be a destination state if you have the highest property taxes in the nation, losing a third of our manufacturing jobs since the turn of the century, shrinking population three years in a row.”
How much distortion, blather and pure dishonesty can somebody cram into a ten minute interview on the state budget and pensions? An astonishing amount if it’s Illinois Senate President John Cullerton.
From an actuary, Mary Pat Campbell: “Shamtacular, one may say. And the shammiest of shamtaculars is what happened with pensions.
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