We should probably pay this bill
Tuesday, Jun 7, 2016 - Posted by Rich Miller
* Owing money to the FBI is never a good thing…
As Illinois draws close to entering its second year without a budget, one of its many unpaid bills threatens to provoke a dispute with the nation’s top crime-fighting force.
Documents obtained by The Associated Press show that the state owes $3 million to the FBI for processing fingerprints and conducting background checks. The debt is now so long overdue that it could be turned over to the federal government’s collection agency — the Treasury Department.
Maybe Treasury could declare us in receivership and just take over the entire government. /snark
- Qui Tam - Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 2:12 pm:
It isn’t the first time in recent history that IL has bucked the Fed’s as a matter of policy.
- Honeybear - Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 2:12 pm:
Yep, good idea.
- Dome Gnome - Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 2:15 pm:
That’s how we got Capone.
- A guy - Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 2:25 pm:
Any paw prints in there?? lol.
- JS Mill - Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 2:30 pm:
=Any paw prints in there?? lol. =
Wow, really high quality stuff there. You really elevated yourself. /s
- Anonymous - Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 2:34 pm:
==Maybe Treasury could declare us in receivership and just take over the entire government==
They can’t afford us!
- DE - Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 2:52 pm:
Maybe the debt will be turned over to John Oliver’s collection agency and he will forgive it too.
- PublicServant - Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 3:03 pm:
I’d send a couple of agents to the Caymans to check into the governor’s financial holdings there. They might turn up some corruption.
- Commonsense in Illinois - Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 3:14 pm:
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The Feds take over Illinois government bringing the same high quality results they’ve delivered for the nation… /snarkier
- A guy - Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 3:45 pm:
+++- JS Mill - Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 2:30 pm:
=Any paw prints in there?? lol. =
Wow, really high quality stuff there. You really elevated yourself. /s+++
It’s a joke, son.
- Tucker - Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 5:54 pm:
Unbelievable. These background checks are for the people watching kids in day school, tending parents in nursing homes and caring for mentally and physically challenged siblings. For 1.4%?
- PENSIONS ARE OFF LIMITS - Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 8:51 pm:
Unless I’m mistaken, recent logic dictates that failure to repay these monies equates to $3 million funding for education.
- justacitizen - Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 9:30 pm:
Not sure why the feds don’t just offset $3 million from some federal grant and call it even. Seems like an easy fix.
- Mama - Tuesday, Jun 7, 16 @ 9:37 pm:
The State should pay all vendors, government bodies and social services what the State owes them.
- VMA - Wednesday, Jun 8, 16 @ 8:20 am:
Yes! Federal investigation please!
- CC - Wednesday, Jun 8, 16 @ 8:53 am:
=Maybe Treasury could declare us in receivership and just take over the entire government. /snark=
I have said for sometime that it might be preferable to live in the Federal District of Illinois….
- freewill - Thursday, Jun 9, 16 @ 10:37 pm:
no wonder crime is so high in Chicago,