Editorial: Hard to put positive spin on state financial numbers – Champaign News-Gazette*

"God helps those who help themselves, and the governor and legislators appear uninterested in doing anything other than raising taxes and then spending even more money than their tax increases generate. At the same time, they ignore the 'pensions and other obligations that steadily rise.'"
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Dr Nemo
4 years ago

Why shouldn’t the legislators indulge themselves and do as they dad gum please? They are accountable to no one. The governor is a stooge and signs any bill the Democratic leaders put in front of him and the remaining rump of the press fawns on the legislative leaders as it always has. The rank and file legislators must do the leaders’ bidding due to the fundraising limitations on them setup by campaign pseudo reform laws that exempted the leaders’ funds from donation limits placed on their followers. Judging by their voting patterns, the citizens are OK with it all. I… Read more »

The Paraclete
4 years ago

It’s easy to paint a positive picture, just lie!

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