Illinois has a backlog of more than $4.25 billion in unpaid bills ($8.5 if you count stuff like tax refunds and employee health insurance.) Well, the solution is to raise taxes. Gubbermint is about the useless crap the pols like to pretend we do together or something. Not so fast, wagyu beef breath. Last year, the state increased income taxes 67% as well as corporate taxes. OK, there’s only one thing left to do: IT’S GEORGE BUSH’S FAULT!
Author: Bonfire of the Absurdities
After 35 year career writing software for IBM mainframes, am now self-employed contractor thinking of joining a union and striking for higher wages. Cured morbid fear of heights when I learned to look at them as lengths standing on end. Uncompromising in refusal to accept browser cookies. Amateur investor who has accumulated a small fortune in the market after starting out years ago with a large one. For recreation, I run, hike, kayak and play tennis but will not consider synchronized swimming under any circumstances.
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