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Public-Union-thuggery, the piggish gift that keeps on giving!
Illinois like another beautiful place run into the ground by big spending liberals, Puerto Rico.
"Illinois is deep in debt. It's got a public pension system that is not far behind Puerto Rico's in terms of potential insolvency," Brannon said. "It's made promises to a whole lot of people that it simply cannot keep and the current legislature has shown itself uninterested in dealing with the situation. I think that how we deal with Puerto Rico is how the market is going to see a potential Illinois solution."
Propping up your mess with debt suddenly became in favor under Reagan, who turned the United States from the largest creditor to the largest debtor nation on earth to spend money on Magic Fairy Star Wars Sky Shields that would protect us from The Russians. Only George Bush II would outspend him by financing two wars with massive debt while cutting tax rates; a result of which saw United States credit rating downgraded a scant few years later. I guess we can see where he gets his debt and spend tendencies from...
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