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“Majority Leader McConnell is certainly important to the process of getting things done in Washington D.C., but he is not the only person involved and there are an awful lot of senators on both sides of the aisle that disagree with him,” the governor said. Pritzker has repeatedly said that Illinois must fund its pension obligations.
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The real question should be Where does JB’s boss stand on the issue ?
A number of years ago I suggested that we change our state slogan. After reading this story, I propose once again, to change our state slogan from “Land of Lincoln” to “State of Intoxication”.
Think about it. Every car from Illinois traveling across this great nation of ours will immediately explain to all onlookers the ridiculous news stories that seem to endlessly emanate from here.
The fact he commented like this, hours after the senate leader said what he said, is circumstantial evidence that Janna already knows bankruptcy is an inevitably. McConnell was just warming up blue states – like Illinois, Connecticut and California – likely tipping his hand that individual state BK is happening, it’s real. It’s as real as the Big Mac Jabba shoves in his mouth a couple of times a day.