A financial advisor tries to explain what it means to “have no money” to Walter Matthau’s character in A New Leaf linked here.
Should be required viewing in Illinois.
Home Illinois Fiscal and Pension Crisis The money is gone — a timeless movie clip for IL legislators...
The money is gone -- a timeless movie clip for IL legislators and public union bosses
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No cuts, record spending, and hoping for a bailout. Six things you need to know about Illinois’ 2021 budget. – Wirepoints
The Illinois General Assembly has finally passed an emergency budget for 2021 Tax revenues have taken a severe hit due to the impact of the shutdown in response to COVID-19, yet that hasn’t stopped lawmakers’ spending priorities. The state will spend a record $42.9 billion while bringing in just $36.8 billion.
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Illinois’ COVID-19 crisis: Daily data update for May 24th, 2020 – Wirepoints
Daily COVID-19 data update for May 24th.
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Pritzker doubles down on linking critics and Republicans to Nazism, anti-Semetism or whatever – Quicktake
Everybody should back off on extreme comparisons.
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Chicago squeezing every dime out of beleaguered restaurants – Quicktake
Cough up sales taxes on any surcharges.
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Big raises for Chicago Teachers Union, state’s AFSCME shows where federal aid to Illinois will end up – Wirepoints
Public payrolls are getting slashed around the country to keep government more affordable for the devastated private sector, but not in Illinois. Quite the opposite. Pritzker and Lightfoot are doling out raises while saying Illinois’ financial problems can’t be solved without help from the federal government.
Sure fits.