Comments on: Expect budget action today

by: Ghost

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:29:47 +0000

But Wordlsinger we need to run the State like a private business…and when I private buisness needs money to pay its past due obligations and expenses it does’t borrow money!

Did the car companie borrow money from the taxpayers when they were bankrupt?

Did the banking and investment inductry borrow money when they crashed the economy?

its just crazy to think that borrowing money to cacth up our bills, inject capital into the economy and keep a multidue of small business from closing is a good plan. No we need to tighten our belt and slow the economy down!

Fortunetly the GOP is interested in protecting buiness and spurring its growth….by insuring that the State never pays those small buisinesses bills bills….nothing sparks growth and job creation like not being paid, shuutting down and laying of workers.

This is Illinois!

by: Angry Chicagoan

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:18:33 +0000

SIgn the bill and find a few more things to cut so that the treasurer can get a start on paying down the bills.

by: Leatherneck

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:50:07 +0000

Anyone know when today the bills will be signed? And I also wonder the same thing that YDD is thinking–but would you be surprised if today the Governor simply signs the budget bills as they are then comes back a few weeks later with revised agency appropriations (i.e. cuts)–similar to what he did in July 2009?

by: wordslinger

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:39:32 +0000

Let’s not forget the state is borrowing from everyone else — local governments and vendors. They’re just not doing it in the securities market where they could get a better rate.

by: Yellow Dog Democrat

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:34:23 +0000

He can slash other areas of the budget setting the stage for a supplemental approp, but that’s about it.

by: Capt. Illini

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:20:43 +0000

Rich, don’t fault IDNR, look into the procurment law signed last year…talk about FUBAR, it prevents even the least amount of common sense in buying anything in less than six months…

by: TwoFeetThick

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:10:16 +0000

Cincinnatus,

While there often are double-super-secret reasons for the GA taking its time in transmitting bills to the governor, and sometimes publicly stated reasons (like with the gaming bill), sometimes it also just takes time. As long as the GA gets the bills to the gov by today, they know he has time to sign them. They could have held the bills in a weak attempt to try and prevent the gov from having time to “improve” them, but who knows.

by: Small Town Liberal

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:09:23 +0000

- Do you know the rationale behind the GA delay? -

Cinci, try not to hyperventilate here. Should the Governor just blindly sign everything the GA sends him immediately? He’s already told everyone he’s going to use his AV to make some changes, so he’s obviously figuring out what those changes will be.

by: Cincinnatus

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:36:55 +0000

GMaB,

Do you know the rationale behind the GA delay?

by: Give Me A Break

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:33:52 +0000

Cinci: The GA did not send the Gov the budget until Tuesday, he can’t sign what they have not sent him.

by: Cincinnatus

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:28:05 +0000

It has been obvious for days, if not weeks that the budget submitted to Quinn would not have additional funds. Why has he delayed signing it? The same logic can be applied to the Casino bill. Does not this man understand that indecision is a sap on the economy and taxpayer confidence? But, after all, he is the Cheesiest!