LaHood files Taxpayer Protection Act to stop blank-check bailouts of mismanaged states, fix Illinois’ pension crisis – Illinois Policy

U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood filed legislation in the U.S. House to ensure federal money supports essential government services during the COVID-19 pandemic – not mountains of pre-existing state and local debt and financial mismanagement.

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notinthemood
5 years ago

You don’t need to live in Beirut to have a job anymore. Zoom has taken over. It is time to wall off cities and let them have their own rules.Each city can be run by Chaz warlords. As long as the warlords can keep the Chaz people inside we are fine.

NB-Chicago
5 years ago

Fantastic, sure bill will go nowhere but bill puts jb/ illinois dem machine & public sect unions on the spot as complete unethical /immoral phonies…shamelessly using the covid epidemic to bailout there zero risk/ upper income retirement deals (129,000 projected pension millionares just at state level)…while people are suffering. Sure the mainsteam press will chear on jbs pension bailout plan as NO MORAL HAZARD….what will a state worker in Wisconsin, for example, who has contributed to his ‘shared risk’ zero debt pension plan think if illinois uses covid relief funds to bailout pre-pandemic pension debt? And beyond all else, if… Read more »

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