It looks like Illinois may be in trouble.

[Logwyn]

Illinois cannot lower it's taxes because they wouldn't be able to afford all the subsidies, payroll, and pension costs. That's the crux of it. Our numbers are beyond stupid in each direction.

Print more money!! That works too?!?! Sell public land!

[hakujinbakasama]

Print more money!! That works too?!?! Sell public land!

Well first, states don't print money. Second, we have some laws on the book which make state property difficult to lease or sell.

Additionally your assuming anyone wants to buy land in Illinois.

[Logwyn]

Well first, states don't print money. Second, we have some laws on the book which make state property difficult to lease or sell.

Additionally your assuming anyone wants to buy land in Illinois.

Why not? Its the land of milk and honey>

[hakujinbakasama]

Why not? Its the land of milk and honey>

I see you're not being serious.

[Hooked]

so what, no one likes that state.

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Why not? Its the land of milk and honey>

Israel is the land of milk and honey. IM sick of Israel also, they allow their people to attack our people like this.

[Zelk]

People acting like austerity does anything other than kill an economy. What Illinois needs is a good dose of popular, socialist investment.

[Captain N]

People acting like austerity does anything other than kill an economy. What Illinois needs is a good dose of popular, socialist investment.

Well we kind of have that except its Cook County who gets hammered with all the specialty taxes so the rest of the State doesn't have to pay as much. Now if we maintained the 5% property tax boost we had previously and the entertainment, cigarette, and the other twenty-something taxes levied on the city of Chicago and Cook County was actually spread to the rest of the state...We'd likely not be in this situation. Unfortunately it's at the point where people who usually take stands against wealth redistribution as theft are actually advocating stealing from workers earned pensions to pay the bills that years of bullshit on both sides of the aisle has created.

[ItachiZaku]

You say that, but his Chief of Staff is the mayor of Chicago.

Oh I know, that's why he ran of President, to distance himself from the shit he helped create in Illinois.

[Nellise]

Well Illinois has a budget finally. Rauner's veto was overriden. It took a number of republicans to switch sides to do it, that's how bad it got that even they got fed up with it. It still doesn't fix most (or any really) of Illinois' problems, but at least for a year the state can somewhat function.