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AngryAmish

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49. State of Illinois owes them 2 or 3 millions dollars

Mon Jan 30, 2012, 12:51 PM

Jan 2012

The State of Illinois is insolvent and does not pay it's bills until they are several months to over a year in arrears. So Hull House (and every other social service agency that relies on state funding) have been drawing on their lines of credit for years now.

Line of credit stopped because banks do not believe the state will ever get current.

Why is this happening? Because the voters do not demand our state pay their bills.

What is next? State employee pension cuts, school districts have to pay their own pensions (property taxes going up) and medicaid reimbursements will be cut.

Illinois is broke. We got their. We have to get us out if it.

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Hull House closes doors after more than 120 years [View all] Adenoid_Hynkel Jan 2012 OP

OMG So much for the trickle-down economy Reagan/Bush touted.Thank the greedy, glutonous millionaires judesedit Jan 2012 #1

Yes, what happened to Hull House is yet more evidence of the lie that lowering taxes on the closeupready Jan 2012 #40

Where are the compassionate conservatives on this? secondwind Jan 2012 #2

Remember, these assholes say we should cut govt aid to the poor Adenoid_Hynkel Jan 2012 #3

That gets to the whole point of democratic self-rule, too. Beartracks Jan 2012 #43

plenty of rich on the left could step up too, would love to see this saved, no matter who funds it stockholmer Jan 2012 #6

Would be nice for Warren Buffet and/or Gates to donate a couple of million to keep them in business nanabugg Jan 2012 #14

bill gates does not care about anything but profit. iemitsu Jan 2012 #19

Buffett is pure oligarchic scum as well, just cloaked in a bullshite 'aw shucks' PR machine stockholmer Jan 2012 #39

no, this is not the behavior of a hero. iemitsu Jan 2012 #47

They are busy conserving their compassion. (nt) Posteritatis Jan 2012 #23

Where are the Democrats? Beacool Jan 2012 #50

a little notice to employees would have been nice. nt tomp Jan 2012 #4

With an Admin. dominated by Chicago pols, they couldn't scrape together a few bucks to keep it open? leveymg Jan 2012 #5

Another stake in the ground as America progresses on its path to dystopia. Thank you Mr. Reagan, RKP5637 Jan 2012 #7

What a shame! MaineDem Jan 2012 #8

The Band The Wizard Jan 2012 #17

I rememer learning about it in xxqqqzme Jan 2012 #35

I first learned about Jane Addams from my stamp collection Art_from_Ark Jan 2012 #45

So sad. This is unreal. Justice wanted Jan 2012 #9

Earlier thread in GD ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2012 #10

Had the U.S. taken a different path... izquierdista Jan 2012 #11

You mean those damn socialist nations? :sarcasm: nanabugg Jan 2012 #13

I just hate any employer to fire people without at least two week notice. nanabugg Jan 2012 #12

It just makes me ill Irishonly Jan 2012 #15

What a crime. MADem Jan 2012 #16

wow! nt xchrom Jan 2012 #18

this is so damn sad newspeak Jan 2012 #20

This is a sign of the lack of values of our society at this time. JDPriestly Jan 2012 #21

his goal is not to do good for the "undeserving working poor" newspeak Jan 2012 #22

Exactly. It's all about Romney and that's all it will ever be. Newty boy no different. judesedit Jan 2012 #25

You mean Mr. Moneyvacuum and Mr. Soulsucker. nt valerief Jan 2012 #32

I wish this had reached the national spotlight so the poor could help the poor. The rich bastards judesedit Jan 2012 #24

Somebody got too tired to fight any more. EFerrari Jan 2012 #28

What's the going price for a football game ticket. Hmm. WHEN CRABS ROAR Jan 2012 #37

I remember when the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy were being pushed - they said UpInArms Jan 2012 #26

what happened tooeyeten Jan 2012 #27

yeah, the repug mindset newspeak Jan 2012 #36

about that church thing tooeyeten Jan 2012 #42

I'm. Speechless. Odin2005 Jan 2012 #29

Compare, however, "The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum is not closing!" AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2012 #30

You have to be a multimillionaire in America to have hope. Everyone else is at risk. nt valerief Jan 2012 #31

That is a real shame. Jane Hull's name meant something because 1monster Jan 2012 #33

But we have ONE person giving xxqqqzme Jan 2012 #34

Truly, that is startlingly disgusting, is it not. byronius Jan 2012 #38

This is why Warren Buffet is completely full of shit. Dreamer Tatum Jan 2012 #41

The damn SCOTUS opened the floodgates to millions of dollars for advertizments Guy Montag Jan 2012 #44

My Heart Sank When I Heard The News blue-wave Jan 2012 #46

Awful. And the employees' insurance ended two weeks ago? nt BlueIris Jan 2012 #48

State of Illinois owes them 2 or 3 millions dollars AngryAmish Jan 2012 #49

I find that solely blaming the Republicans is disingenuous. Beacool Jan 2012 #51