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Sunday Comic: Illinois Has Nowhere to Go But Up

With the state's credit rating the worst in the nation, can Gov. Quinn give us a reason to be hopeful?

 
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Maureen

9:48 am on Sunday, January 27, 2013

Nope, unfortunately I think he's talking about IL having the lowest credit in the U.S., we're finally number 1 in something!

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nick

10:33 am on Sunday, January 27, 2013

Illinois also has $9 Billion in unpaid bills (even after raising taxes 66%). The Land of Lincoln also has a pension debt of $94 billion.

Across the state line in Indiana, Republican Mitch Daniels just stepped down after serving two terms as governor. Indiana has a AAA credit rating, $500 million budget surplus and $2 billion in reserves.

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just curious

10:42 am on Sunday, January 27, 2013

Unfortunately Nick IL is toooooo blue ; (

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Reality Bytes!

7:30 pm on Sunday, January 27, 2013

Being a state with some of the highest wages in the country, it is hard to process that we cannot get a budget that works. The amount of corruption and waste in Illinois is staggering. Governor Ryan should have got the death penalty, Blagoyovich is right where he belongs and Quinn should be in the cell next to him. Illinois sucks!

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Heidi P.

10:50 pm on Sunday, January 27, 2013

So far, no one I have voted for in this state has been elected, so I can safely say that none of this is my fault. I can also safely say the blame rests solely on every imbecile that did vote for all of the current crooks in office past and present who have led us here, and you know what? The imeciles will vote for all of the crooks again. Too bad we can't outlaw stupidity.

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ayar

10:14 am on Monday, January 28, 2013

the author forgot about California - see? there's always someone worse....

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Reality Bytes!

11:54 am on Monday, January 28, 2013

The problem in Illinois is every politician is a crook, so no matter who you vote for, you get a crook!

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BUTCH

11:59 am on Friday, February 1, 2013

Sometimes u get a former crook who seen the light! And then I think about Denny McLain!

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