It looks like Illinois may be in trouble.

[Deathcries]

I wonder when they're going to ask the American tax payer so they keep they dole going? Tax payer is about to be on the hook. Figure that's okay for people who don't work, though.

[ItachiZaku]

Thanks, Obama.

[Independent voter]

It would be cool if we had this Fallout 4 kind of land we could visit like Disneyland only with guns and stuff.

[Zecora]

It would be cool if we had this Fallout 4 kind of land we could visit like Disneyland only with guns and stuff.

...I was going to point out the obvious answer to that, but it's just too damn easy.

[shadowmouse]

How do you know if someone was Governor of Illinois? It will say so in their Department of Corrections records!

[D3thray]

I read this as Illidan may be in trouble.

Much disappointment

[GennGreymane]

How do you know if someone was Governor of Illinois? It will say so in their Department of Corrections records!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Rauner

This is the current one

[shadowmouse]

This is the current one

Give him time, we have a fairly consistent record on that point. Look 'em up.

[GennGreymane]

Give him time, we have a fairly consistent record on that point. Look 'em up.

The guy with the funny name Jon Stewart always made fun of for his name?

[shadowmouse]

The guy with the funny name

Probably Blagojevich. My term as an administrative hearing officer followed Ryan's tenure as Illinois Secretary of State, from my observations he had it coming.

Blagojevich is the second Illinois governor in a row to follow his term in the governor's mansion with a stint in federal prison and the fourth from Illinois that has served time in the past 50 years

[Garnier Fructis]

I wonder when they're going to ask the American tax payer so they keep they dole going? Tax payer is about to be on the hook. Figure that's okay for people who don't work, though.

This is a bad battle to pick for your side.

[Blueobelisk]

I don't have time to watch a 6 minute video. What's the TL;DR?

[Gemini Soul]

I don't have time to watch a 6 minute video. What's the TL;DR?

State owes a bunch of money, courts legally making the state pay to much, they haven't approved a budget yet and have till Friday midnight or else... and its not her fault that's the main thing

[Flubberjax]

You know its fucking bad when they have to shut down the State Lottery.

Good ol' IL!

[SL1200]

Soon as we get rid of the Governer things will be fine. He's fighting a losing battle.

[Rasulis]

I don't have time to watch a 6 minute video. What's the TL;DR?

tl;dr

Third year without a budget.

State has been running on deficit since 2011.

State has not been contributing their share into their employees’ retirement fund.

State owes a lot of money to contractors and vendors.

Social services are underfunded. So they owe a lot of money to social service agencies also.

“Junk” status credit rating.

[Deathcries]

This is a bad battle to pick for your side.

So we keep the government dole going is the answer?

[Garnier Fructis]

So we keep the government dole going is the answer?

By all means, we can stop giving support to states that are faltering. We can start with pretty much the entirety of the deep south Republican territory.

[zEmini]

This is waht happens when you have a party dynasty running a state/city. One side can never keep the other side in check.

[KrazyK923]

Waiting for the, "It's all Democrats faul---"

Too late.

Even though the video flatout says that the problem was exacerbated far beyond what it should be when the 5% income tax ended in 2015. Wonder who was opposed to that?

The republican governor. All he wants to do is cut cut cut, despite the income stream being laughably low.