While not the Great Festering Pile Of Shit that California is, Illinois has nevertheless taken the lead in the continuing collapse and cluster fuck that is the U.S. economy.$5.01 billion.
“This is what the state owes right now to schools, rehabilitation centers, child care, the state university — and it’s getting worse every single day,” he says in his downtown office.
Mind you, these numbers are not current so much as based on previous months revenues. California is more like 50 billion in the hole, not the 20 the media goon spew. Bankruptcy looms. Ironic that Chicago politics goes down first. Half the states budget is spent before they even start counting.
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ASSHOLES. Incompetent blithering fuckwits.