LOL Illinois paper demands spending cuts, gets spending cuts in their own backyard, now whining

[wndycty]

Careful what you wish for

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* Sept. 8, 2011…

Published reports indicate Quinn also will announce the closing of a handful of state facilities this week.

One of the powerhouse unions in the state — the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, which represents about 30,000 people — has called on lawmakers to increase spending to avoid any cuts.

That would be a step backward after lawmakers already cut $1.5 billion out of what Quinn requested in fiscal year spending.

We’re empathetic with the pain that such closings and layoffs will bring, but cannot overlook the pain inflicted already on the private-sector workforce.

Any real attempt to address Illinois’ budget problems must reflect the realities that have existed in the private sector for years. Any real attempt cannot continue to reckless and carefree spending of money that simply isn’t there.

To do so would be at the expense of the people state government is supposed to serve.

* Not long after that last editorial was published, Gov. Pat Quinn announced the closure of Jacksonville Developmental Center. Here’s the paper’s editorial from September 12, 2011…

Hi, Gov. Quinn, it’s us.

I know we haven’t been on the best of terms lately, what with our occasional swipes against you on this very page.

Hey, at least you aren’t Rod Blagojevich, right?

Um, OK, we’ll get to the point.

You’re killing us.

Illinois generally, Jacksonville specifically.

Your announcement Thursday that unless lawmakers approve more money, you’ll close a prison, a juvenile detention center, three homes for the mentally ill and two centers for the developmentally disabled was a death knell for this region. <…>

Gov. Quinn, Jacksonville has been hit hard by economic turmoil. Yes, everyone has, but hundreds upon hundreds of good-paying jobs have vanished from this city in the past two years. Gone with them has been an incredible pool of talent and of people to provide the vibrancy that makes a city a community.

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[jberryhill]

1. These people are either stupid, or think everyone else is

Fools.

[wndycty]

3. It is quite rich when you think about it

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[closeupready]

2. Of course. It's just like those Republicon welfare queens in Congress who

go on and on about 'we don't want to encourage dependency on the government' while they depend on the government for their generous pensions and to help provide them health insurance which 49.9 million Americans DON'T EVEN HAVE. Freaking hypocrites, every last one of them.