Much of the routine trade and investment between China and America is entirely appropriate and in America’s interest. But inserting the Chinese Communist Party into America’s pay-to-play system and its economic development strategy isn’t just crossing a line. It’s a leap into an abyss of stupidity.
Silly rabbits, there is no “pension headache”. It does not matter if the money is in that specific bucket. It is somewhere. Eddie Burkes wife and the rest of the IL Supreme Kangaroo Court will make sure those pensions always get made and paid. And as much as it stinks, until the US Supreme Court rules on it or the law is changed, they should. The pensions are earned and these are the rules as determined by the voters of the state of IL.
Well said.
An interesting assumption, “the money is somewhere”. Because the rules say it is.
We know exactly where the money is. About 40% of it is in pension funds. The remaining is in taxes yet collected from Illinois’ $1 trillion economy, the 5th largest economy in the US. Lots of areas to increase taxes. The :”rule” states that taxes will be raised before any cuts. This is what the voters decided.
Very misleading article. The state funds are not there to maintain the budget shell game Mr Dey crows about.
But Dey’s point was that the state funds are not there to maintain the budget shell game played by Pritzker.
Are you guys going to do a story on Epstein’s records being released, where JBP’s brother is mentioned…?
What is going on is called a “Debt spiral” and it will not end good. The pensions have figured out a way to steal from unborn children of Illinois for generations.
Hmm, millions of unborn children have been aborted in Illinois. I don’t think this is gonna work out…..