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Post by capncrunch on Jun 26, 2015 7:54:19 GMT -6
From the Timepress:
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed the bulk of the Illinois budget Thursday that the Democratic-controlled Legislature sent him, increasing the likelihood that some state services could be disrupted when the fiscal year begins next week.
The new governor, in constant battle with powerful lawmakers for six weeks, announced he had vetoed 19 budget bills because even Democrats acknowledge they fall short on revenue by $3 billion to $4 billion.
"For too long, the state of Illinois has made spending promises that exceed available revenues, relied on accounting gimmicks to make budgets appear balanced, used borrowing and cost deferral strategies to push costs into the future, and delayed payments to vendors," Rauner said in his veto message.
With a June 30 deadline for approving a fiscal year 2016 budget, Rauner continues to insist on "structural" changes to the business and political climates in Illinois before dealing with the opposing party on spending. Democrats want a tax increase, along with strategic spending cuts, in order to continue what they call vital state services.
The mass veto action came just a day after the governor signed into law spending for pre-school, elementary and secondary education, saying he wanted to make sure the schools opened on time. It increases school funding by $269 million.
That gave some Democrats hope that Rauner would use some of his gubernatorial powers to excise certain lines of spending. The No. 2 House Democrat, Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie of Chicago, said she hoped Rauner might sign the deal and choose not to spend money in disputed areas.
"But to veto outright means we really are starting from ground zero," Currie said.
The House will meet Tuesday to take testimony on the impact of having no budget by the start of the fiscal year.
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Post by ironeagle on Jun 26, 2015 9:15:05 GMT -6
You think King Mike GOT the message either Work with me Pass what I want or your going to be hearing from the State Worker Union Members as they get NO MONEY from the State as I will Not SIGN anything you send me. However I will allow the Schools to open ON TIME. Your Screwed until I get what I WANT not what YOU WANT. King Mike right now is likely going CRAP I hate this Guy worse than BLAGO.
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Post by OutlawwithaSnipeSniper on Jun 26, 2015 13:46:17 GMT -6
In this world of phony promises, it is refreshing to see someone do exactly what they promised.
I have to say, I didn't think he would follow through...........................
Fiscal sanity, in Illinois?
OK, where's the Candid Camera?
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Post by oldtimer on Jun 26, 2015 14:00:15 GMT -6
How refreshing is the new state leader?
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Post by rocket on Jun 26, 2015 15:30:11 GMT -6
How do any of you people able to look at yourselves Knowing with the budget cuts coming July 1st could close down Facilities that serve disabled people. Like for example places like streator unlimited, friend ship, futures unlimited. Horizon house.ect. Where and what will happen to these people if they lose services To gain community employment? Without these services these people Would not be able to survive. They already. Are seeing there ssi and disability getting cut by 20% There Med card and link also being cut.
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Post by OutlawwithaSnipeSniper on Jun 26, 2015 15:37:34 GMT -6
Rocket, it is easy.
We are dying ourselves............. There is no free lunch.
We DON'T have any more money to appropriate.
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Post by oldtimer on Jun 26, 2015 15:46:43 GMT -6
How do any of you people able to look at yourselves Knowing with the budget cuts coming July 1st could close down Facilities that serve disabled people. Like for example places like streator unlimited, friend ship, futures unlimited. Horizon house.ect. Where and what will happen to these people if they lose services To gain community employment? Without these services these people Would not be able to survive. They already. Are seeing there ssi and disability getting cut by 20% There Med card and link also being cut. What do you propose the state do? Cuts need to be made. If we keep spending more than we bring in eventually there won't be money FOR ANYTHING! Rocket, the state should operate like you operate your home. What would happen after just one year if you spent more than you brought in? Guess what? The state has been doing that for years and years
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Post by dive61364 on Jun 26, 2015 16:14:01 GMT -6
I think the heading for this thread is wrong. Illinois doesn't have a budget and hasn't for many years. the lawmakers have been spending more then they have taken in even after they passed the balanced budget act.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2015 16:46:48 GMT -6
Cut what? What are you going to cut that's not going to hurt a certain segment of our state population?
Add more or initiate higher taxes on goods and services. NOW.
Now......jump to the next part of the the discussion which consists of angry citizens screaming and howling that they pay enough taxes and that raising taxes is NOT an option.
Sooo...our politicians don't raise taxes. And we think living in this hellhole state is a nightmare now?
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Post by ironeagle on Jun 27, 2015 9:50:56 GMT -6
Just so you know I am one of the POOR that is going to be hurt by these CUTS. However this STATE can NOT keep going like it was. I Voted for Rauner in November along with a lot of OTHERS. Why we see a Small CHANCE IN HELL OF GETTING THIS STATE BACK ON ITS FEET AND BACK TO WORK. Yes it is going to be PAINFUL as HELL for a lot of us Statewide. But ENOUGH IS ENOUGH of the Billion Dollar Spending HOLES in Budgets the Borrowing on the Budgets the Not Funding of Schools the Kicking the Can down the road. We need to Freaking Break the Machines Power over Springfield. Who is the one person that has been in power for over 30 Years that this state has gone Backwards. Mike Madigan NOT BRUCE RAUNER. King Mike and his UNION CRONIES are the ones that have Bankrupted this State. Are you even aware that when the Temp Tax Increase was passed that the State Workers where given a 20% Raise over the last 4 Years. The King also is trying to Block for only 4 Years the Governor from having the Say So over the NEW ASCME Contract he put in a NOW VETOED Budget Bill that until Jan 30 2019 that only the Legislature and the ASCME Unions could conduct Labor Talks HE LEFT OUT THE GOVERNORS OFFICE. Kinda Interesting you think.
Also are you aware that Mike Madigan OWNS and RUNS the Most Successful Property Tax Abatement LAW FIRM IN COOK COUNTY, Mike Madigan is the Head of the IL Democrats the Head of the Cook County Democrats his Ward Chairmen also. His MO is to charge Clients BIG Bucks for those Multimillion dollar High Rise Office Buildings and get their Property Taxes REDUCED. He ALWAYS WINS. Your the Assessor of CROOKED COUNTY YOU GOING TO CROSS THE BOSS OF THE COUNTY. HELL NO YOUR NOT. Mike Madigan also REFUSES TO RELEASE ANY TAX RECORDS IN REGARDS TO HOW MUCH HE MAKES DOING SAID WORK YET DEMANDS IT FROM RAUNER FOR WHAT HE DID. There is Massive Corruption from Madigan in patronage also in Chicago it is Estimated that close to 2000 Retired IL Workers have gone on to City and County Jobs and all due to Mike TELLING HR TO HIRE THEM OR ELSE. You think anyone will blow the whistle on him. Hell no they don't want ot make him MAD last guy that did was the Metra CEO and he ended up UNDER THE TRAIN.
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Post by dumdave on Jun 27, 2015 10:27:19 GMT -6
I don't have any idea as to what they are going to do about the budget. I do have two close friends, a retired teacher and a retired judge that are sweating bullets over losing their pensions.
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Post by cityslicker on Jun 27, 2015 12:43:06 GMT -6
dumb, what do your two friends have to worry about. Chances are their pensions are wrote in stone and cannot be changed by law, unless agreed upon. All the dumbacrats believe in is TAX & SPEND. They bend over backward for the deadbeat vote, illegal aliens, queers and n*ggers. The state does not have a revenue problem, a spending problem is what one would describe it as. They haul and persuade the 53% on aid to the polls, and then get elected. The puppet in LaSalle Peru almost got defeated last time, time to clean the gutters in a couple of years.
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Post by Snarko on Jun 30, 2015 10:29:48 GMT -6
How do any of you people able to look at yourselves Knowing with the budget cuts coming July 1st could close down Facilities that serve disabled people. Like for example places like streator unlimited, friend ship, futures unlimited. Horizon house.ect. Where and what will happen to these people if they lose services To gain community employment? Without these services these people Would not be able to survive. They already. Are seeing there ssi and disability getting cut by 20% There Med card and link also being cut. That's Rauner's fault, not ours. All of you who elected him - this is what happens. Heck, he's got tons of money, right? Let him cover some of the shortfall. Put his money where his mouth is.
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Post by OutlawwithaSnipeSniper on Jun 30, 2015 10:46:13 GMT -6
Spoken like a true class warfare Liberal.
Always spend someone elses money instead of fixing the problem.
Then next year when Rauner and everyone else is dead broke, you get to emulate Greece.
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Post by OutlawwithaSnipeSniper on Jun 30, 2015 10:48:57 GMT -6
dumb, what do your two friends have to worry about. Chances are their pensions are wrote in stone and cannot be changed by law, unless agreed upon. All the dumbacrats believe in is TAX & SPEND. They bend over backward for the deadbeat vote, illegal aliens, queers and n*ggers. The state does not have a revenue problem, a spending problem is what one would describe it as. They haul and persuade the 53% on aid to the polls, and then get elected. The puppet in LaSalle Peru almost got defeated last time, time to clean the gutters in a couple of years. They had better be worried........... you can have all the laws you want, if there is no money, what good are the laws? Greece is finally coming to this conclusion....... I love everyone talking about compromise, except those getting the goodies. We would be sustainable if they compromised some of their benefits, yet their idea of compromise is for us to compromise our finances.
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