Posted on 05/31/2016 2:46:23 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
On Monday, the Illinois legislature passed a bill lowering the amount the city of Chicago has to pay into police and firefighter pensions in 2016. To do this, the legislature overrode a veto from Gov. Bruce Rauner, confirming what we already knew: It's really, really, really, really hard to agree with Rauner about anything at this point. For no one would it be harder than Mayor Rahm Emanuel, once Rauner's buddy in vacationing and wine-sipping. Rahm became basically apoplectic when Rauner vetoed the pension bill on Friday, saying in a variety of press statements that Rauner's veto would trigger a $300 million property tax hike in Chicago. He also called the veto a "callous decision," "harmful," and "an unspeakable act of disrespect toward our men and women in uniform," (because, Rahm elaborated, Rauner vetoed "a bill to protect... police and fire pensions" on the eve of Memorial Day Weekend).
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"Fair funding for schools" anyone? That's Chicago wanting even MORE money from the State to piss away on not educating urban kids and paying off the teachers unions to vote Democrat.
Rauner was RIGHT to veto. Rahm got bailed out by Mike Madigan -- AGAIN.
The Democrats will run this state by hook or crook!!
I wonder what Chicago’s bond rating will do tomorrow. If the city EVER loses control of the state legislature (and given population trends, they certainly will), they are doomed.
Kicking the can down the road and hoping for a bailout...
So now the entire state will have to raise taxes to pay Chicago’s debts. Illinois sounds like an ancient city state. Perhaps Illinois should secede from Chicago, Their crime rate would fall like a rock.
Taxation without representation, but with representation-in-name-only. Thanks ChicagoConservative27.
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