133 Comments - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:19 pm: Budget Breakthrough - very old soil - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:20 pm: Fool’s errand. Not sure if that is snark or not - Jake From Elwood - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:21 pm: The Carhartt Compromise - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:22 pm: Senate Solution (Kinda takes out that whole “Governor” owning things) - The Captain - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:22 pm: Well Intentioned Plan Sabotaged by Organizations the Governor Personally Funds That Couldn’t Get Republican Votes. That might be a little wordy, we could just call it WIPSOGPFTCGRV for short. It has a certain poetry that way. - Keyrock - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:25 pm: Squeezey’s Revenge. - Arthur Andersen - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:27 pm: Solons’ Smackdown! - c'mon, man - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:27 pm: Dem lift and GOP shift bargain - Anonymous - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:28 pm: The 4.99 deal. - Groucho - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:30 pm: Grand Illusion - 47th Ward - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:32 pm: Plan 9 from Outer Space. - Newsclown - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:34 pm: Turnip Agenda - Free Set of Steak Knives - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:36 pm: Rauner Tax Hike - It's All About Me - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:36 pm: Hook, Line and Sinker - Henry Francis - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:36 pm: Rauner’s bleepin’ golden bargain. - Anon221 - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:36 pm: The Captain- WIPSOGPFTCGRV If we can get Proft and Co to say it backwards, will they go back to the 5th Dimension??? - It's All About Me - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:36 pm: Sorry I meant, Hook, Line and Stinker - MOON - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:37 pm: LA LA LAND - Red rider - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:38 pm: Bate and switch - 47th Ward - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:39 pm: The Dirty Dozen. - 47th Ward - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:39 pm: 12 Angry Bills. - Pangloss - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:39 pm: The Mexican Standoff - illinoised - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:41 pm: Mission Impossible - Waffle Fries - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:42 pm: Bollocks - Huh? - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:43 pm: Wanting cake and eating it too. It’s Madigan’s fault, the both of them. - Anonymous - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:46 pm: Cullerton and Radogno’s swan song - @MisterJayEm - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:46 pm: Grand Bargle. – MrJM - G'Kar - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:48 pm: Doomed from the start - Tier2Gal - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:49 pm: “Dirty Dancin”…drop the ‘g’ that’s how we roll in Springfield! - Honeybear - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:49 pm: Perfidy Plan - Huh? - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:51 pm: Profits before compassion. Who needs social services. I donate millions. - swIFT taylor - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:52 pm: Dumpster fire. - swIFT taylor - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:53 pm: IPI vs. Nybo in the “Irrelevant Smackdown” - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:53 pm: “Business Decision” - Precinct Captain - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:54 pm: The Master Debaters all talk, no action - Keyser Soze - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:56 pm: Fool’s errand has already been taken. Rats! - A Jack - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:56 pm: Attempted Pension Grand Theft - Anonymous - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 12:57 pm: The Grand Ploposition - So tired of political hacks - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 1:00 pm: Ok can I just use Rauners own words My last best final offer - Mama - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 1:00 pm: McNone - Jocko - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 1:01 pm: Partisan Punt - AC - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 1:02 pm: The Titanic Deck Chairs - AC - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 1:04 pm: Punting into Proft’s WIND - AC - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 1:06 pm: Little Too Late - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 1:07 pm: The Co-opted Compromised Compromise - Dear State Workers - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 1:09 pm: Let me introduce my new plan…same as the old plan - the “Ben Dover’n Takeit” campaign. With Love, Bruce. XOXOXO - DuPage Bard - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 1:11 pm: Dead Pool I think we could do squares and an over under on all the bills. - 47th Ward - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 1:12 pm: Rauner really should have grabbed hold of “The Grand Illusion” because that’s more accurate for his, ahem, plan. - Hamlet's Ghost - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 1:13 pm: Grandstandin’ Bargainin’ - wordslinger - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 1:14 pm: Grand Illusion. - Keyrock - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 1:14 pm: Christine, Jack and the Magic Beanstalk - RNUG - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 1:15 pm: Impossible Dream - wordslinger - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 1:15 pm: Curse you, 47! How’s about the Grand Prize Game? Two years in, the governor still can’t make Bucket No. 1. - RNUG - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 1:16 pm: A new tune, the Cullerton Rag - Vermilion Slim - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 1:19 pm: Bargainy Mcbargainface - Casual observer - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 1:20 pm: Buy 1 get 2 free fiscal year budget sale. - Reluctantly Living in ILL - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 1:20 pm: Goin to Start Guvernin - Blue dog dem - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 1:24 pm: “Sticken it to the working poor and middle class” - Anonymous - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 1:30 pm: Dirty Deficits Done Dirt Cheap. - Earnest - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 1:38 pm: Turnaround Illinois - Workin' - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 1:40 pm: El Burrito Grande - Workin' - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 1:40 pm: … AKA the whole enchilada. - Thunderous Ovation - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 1:49 pm: The Grand Sellout - A guy - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 1:50 pm: Blue Light Special - Arthur Andersen - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 1:51 pm: IPI Math - Anonymous - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 1:56 pm: “Wait till next year” is now available. - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 1:59 pm: Bitter Harvest - TinyDancer(FKASue) - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 2:00 pm: Shakedown Showdown - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 2:00 pm: Death Race 2018 - AlfondoGonz - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 2:01 pm: The Polemic of the “Deal” - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 2:02 pm: My Little Phoneys: Legislator’s Cut - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 2:05 pm: Tyler Perry’s Madea’s In Charge - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 2:06 pm: The Grand Autopsy - Roscoe Tom - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 2:07 pm: Bury My Reforms At Wounded Pride! - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 2:07 pm: The BFD - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 2:09 pm: Theive’s Honor - tmfbitu - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 2:09 pm: The Rad-y-Cull Solution - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 2:11 pm: Mine - VanillaMan - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 2:13 pm: The Lottery - Cook County Commoner - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 2:24 pm: Grand Delusion - Mama - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 2:34 pm: DOA “Dead on Arrival” - Rabid - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 2:36 pm: Smart budget - Mama - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 2:37 pm: “forging a compromise in the Illinois Senate” Deal or No Deal? - Rabid - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 2:38 pm: I budget - Rabid - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 2:40 pm: Koch enterprises - Harry - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 2:42 pm: “Incredible deal”? Wait, I think that’s been taken, too… - Rabid - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 2:56 pm: Populist Edsel - Rabid - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 3:00 pm: Three Peat - Rabid - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 3:02 pm: Got to have it - Boone's is back - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 3:03 pm: A bridge too far - Mama - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 3:04 pm: “what catchy new name would you give the attempt at forging a compromise in the Illinois Senate” Do It! - Rabid - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 3:07 pm: Git er done - Rabid - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 3:20 pm: Rauner’s revenue - Sense of a Goose - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 3:27 pm: Last Hoorah. Unfortunately, all too true. - Anonymous - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 3:33 pm: Still crazy after all this time. - Rabid - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 3:37 pm: Grandiose Splendor - Exhausted - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 3:43 pm: Quarter Budget - titan - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 3:46 pm: The Great Cluster [Embrace] - 47th Ward - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 3:47 pm: Christine’s Yellow Light Special. - Black & Blue - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 3:51 pm: With all the tax proposals: Grand Larceny - Rabid - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 3:58 pm: Economic excitement - Name Withheld - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 3:59 pm: The Kobayashi Maru - Robert the Bruce - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 4:07 pm: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Budget - northsider (the original) - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 4:09 pm: The last waltz. - Compromise requires two sides - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 4:18 pm: Since no republican yes votes I would call it a GOP gift. Like obama care the democrats concede to the GOP on issues then get no GOP yes votes on the legislation. so Dems will hold the ball on pension changes, program cuts and tax increases. And there is 50,000,000 waiting to beat the dems up - Anonymous - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 4:20 pm: Dazed and Confused - JS Mill - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 4:28 pm: We’re doing the Governor’s job! Plan - Bob Loblaw - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 4:33 pm: “Hell, It’s Better Than Nothin’!” - walker - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 4:56 pm: “Asteroid Cream” - Stanley - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 5:10 pm: Takin’ Care of Bidness. - Enviro - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 5:58 pm: Illinois.First.Again - JAH - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 6:21 pm: 2018….ITS ON!! - Rabid - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 9:23 pm: Electric Kool-Aid - Rabid - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 9:26 pm: The big wool cap - Rabid - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 9:27 pm: One trick pony - Rabid - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 9:29 pm: Bruce’s tax boost - Rabid - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 9:39 pm: Heroic failure - Rebid - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 9:48 pm: The money pit - Rabid - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 10:02 pm: Unbalanced ideas - Rabid - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 10:07 pm: Growing our budget - Rabid - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 10:09 pm: Bring back the budget - Rabid - Tuesday, Feb 21, 17 @ 10:26 pm: Prevailing legislature - Rabid - Wednesday, Feb 22, 17 @ 4:42 am: Bruce’s boondoggle - Rabid - Wednesday, Feb 22, 17 @ 4:58 am: The phony baloney sham - Rabid - Wednesday, Feb 22, 17 @ 5:04 am: Needed demagoguery reforms - Rabid - Wednesday, Feb 22, 17 @ 5:15 am: Conniving Congress - Rabid - Wednesday, Feb 22, 17 @ 5:17 am: No guaranteed bargain - Rabid - Wednesday, Feb 22, 17 @ 5:20 am: Rauner’s ramp - Rabid - Wednesday, Feb 22, 17 @ 5:25 am: Tyrannical thoughts - Rabid - Wednesday, Feb 22, 17 @ 7:07 am: Finacial fiction - Rabid - Wednesday, Feb 22, 17 @ 7:40 am: Govenor’s grocery list - Rabid - Wednesday, Feb 22, 17 @ 8:03 am: Wish list wages - Rabid - Wednesday, Feb 22, 17 @ 8:37 am: Heartless harvest Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.