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

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Posted by Fred 2020-04-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Absolutely nothing in the federalist canon puts me on the hook for contracts I didn't enter into.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-04-26 00:58|| 2020-04-26 00:58|| Front Page Top

#2 A $40.6 billion 'request'? Trump should send them $40.60, all in pennies.

Posted by Raj 2020-04-26 07:04|| 2020-04-26 07:04|| Front Page Top

#3 So taxpayers in states who didn’t make promises they couldn’t keep should bail out those who did? Don’t think so.

Posted by Alistaire Tingle9882 2020-04-26 08:23|| 2020-04-26 08:23|| Front Page Top

#4 ^ Right. I didn't vote for that and I'm not a part to that contract. Fuck them.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-04-26 09:21|| 2020-04-26 09:21|| Front Page Top

#5 I can hear the Machine's counterargument now: "But we had it all under control until we had to close everything down and couldn't siphon off all those pension contributions from wages. So it's ~~Trump's~~ (oops, sorry - old habits) COVID-19's fault."

Posted by Mrcutio 2020-04-26 09:45|| 2020-04-26 09:45|| Front Page Top

#6 Some quarantine cultist is spraining his neck muscles right now nodding affirmative.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-04-26 10:25|| 2020-04-26 10:25|| Front Page Top

#7 States Should Not Receive Bankruptcy Protection according to McConnell--National Review.

What causes these bankruptcies?

1. Unfunded liabilities in its pension system.
2. Many cities and states mismanaged into ruin.
3. Political self-dealing by politicians; benefits to special interest groups for election and re-election votes (quid pro quo).

The Swamp exists in the Federal government but extends into the states as well. Swamp draining is difficult.

Posted by JohnQC 2020-04-26 10:54|| 2020-04-26 10:54|| Front Page Top

#8 I think we have come to realize that the Swamp is just way too big, Everglades-big, and just about every sector of [US] government is infested with these swamp rats. Even Trump's inner circle was infiltrated ("Anonymous").

Posted by Clem 2020-04-26 11:03|| 2020-04-26 11:03|| Front Page Top

#9 Actually I think a bankruptcy now is a good idea. It would force a reckoning with reality.

As opposed to a bailout of at least $41.6B, and probably much more, from the next liberal Democratic Presidency (which you know is coming sooner or later.)

Posted by Tom 2020-04-26 16:49|| 2020-04-26 16:49|| Front Page Top

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