Illinois is running out of time and money

WP ^ | 4/25/2012 | George Will

[Gay State Conservative]

I live about 70 miles west of Detroit and haven’t been there for about 5 years when I went to a ball game. I avoid all cities like the plague.

I live near Boston and get to NYC regularly...both cities,while far from being a paradise,are light years above what I saw in Detroit.My visit to Detroit filled me with enormous sadness and fear for this country's future,given that what I saw is the logical conclusion of long term dominance by Rats and Marxist unions.

[Piranha]

The point, BillyBoy, is that a socialist agenda like ours in Illinois may drag down our state, but it shouldn’t bring down the republic.

Within Federalism, a state’s chief role may be to act as a negative example to others.

Perhaps Illinois’s dire economic straits may even lead to the demise of the combine.