Illinois Bailout Request

[KMC]

Chicago Tribune blasts Illinois Senate's 'rotten' request for $41.6B federal bailout as 'shameless'

The editorial board of the Chicago Tribune has repeatedly slammed the Illinois State Senate's request for a whopping $41.6 billion federal bailout as the state's financial troubles continue to grow amid the coronavirus outbreak.

www.foxnews.com

 

[upant]

never let a crisis go to waste

Harmon’s inclusion of a $10 billion pension bailout, as if a sudden pandemic created a pension crisis that, in fact, Harmon and his fellow Springfield lawmakers spent decades creating,"

elsewhere,

“This is a tremendous opportunity to restructure things to fit our vision,” Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC)

 

[gam197]

New York, Massachusetts are also in deep trouble. As Mitch McConnell calls it, a “Blue state bailout”.

 

[ProVobis]

Illinois needs to rewrite its Constitution. A bailout only means teachers, police, etc will demand more next time.