Illinois is a virtual Utopia with complete Democratic party domination on the municipal, local, county, and state levels. For decades. For a couple centuries. We had an occasional crooked Republican Governor, but the legislation and the power of the purse were always veto-proof Democrat. We are heavily unionized, especially the public sector. The rest of the country should copy us. Ask Obama. Our finances and tax structures and poverty and quality of life and crime rates and infrastructure make us pure Utopia.
This is off topic but related some on the employment issue. I'm roofing an apartment complex in Phoenix and have been on this project about three weeks. I've met several of the residents and some of them are healthy men who are out of work. Guess how many have asked for a job, you guessed right, zero. It's hot hard work and right now it's 111 in the shade, but still no one asking for work. I've talked to several men who complain about the lack of work though.
Increasing federal debt will be a growing burden on government action, crowding out lawmakersâ ability to adopt tax and spending priorities in good times and reducing flexibility during recessions, all while making a fiscal crisis more likely and hindering long-term growth, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday. In the annual Long-Term Budget Outlook, the legislatureâs budget scorekeepers said that the ratio of debt to GDP this year will be 69 percent, 7 percentage points higher than last year. In 2021, the CBO predicts debt will reach 76 percent of GDP, but under a more direâand more likelyâscenario, the public debt will be 101 percent of GDP 10 years from now, well into the economic danger zone of 90 percent or more.
And for three years. And they all stay on it for three years... they won't even start considering a $10 per hour job until that runs out.
Not all democrats think that those who feel they are to good for minimum wage should get years of unemployment.6 months max is my position