While we at Patriots United usually resist the hackneyed term “must read,” we break it out for Malanga’s recent column entitled Illinois' Budget: From Worst to 'Worster,’ which appeared this past week before a national audience. Malanga wittily provides the backdrop for the troubling big-picture outlook from Springfield. As you read it and soak in the operative facts and figures, remember that neither the author nor the vast majority of his audience are Illinoisans. This is the view presented to America of our state leaders.
Monday, 28 November 2011 20:20
Must Read on IL Budget
Henry Kissinger once famously remarked that, “ninety percent of all politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.” Perhaps the notion can specifically apply to irresponsible Illinois state lawmakers, who have earned a well-deserved reputation of irresponsibly crafting state budgets “filled with gimmicks, constructed for years on promises for which there were no revenues, and sustained by borrowing of the type that would make even a loan shark blush…” Those are not our words, but Manhattan Institute senior fellow, and RealClearMarkets.com columnist, Steven Malanga’s.
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