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| What to do with the broken state of Madiganistan (Illinois)--Dissolve? |
| 2017-06-22 |
| [ChicagoTrib] |
| Posted by:JohnQC |
| #12 City government will be the last to shutdown. Look at Detroit. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-06-22 20:26 |
| #11 Let me know when the electricity is cut off to state buildings & the traffic lights for nonpayment of bills. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2017-06-22 15:31 |
| #10 County Poor Houses will soon be shuttering. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-06-22 15:11 |
| #9 Move? I doubt the locals will give up their 'piece of the action' to newcomers. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-06-22 15:08 |
| #8 Need some serious corruption trials in Illinois. Make it a territory and the corruption will just move to other cities infecting them. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2017-06-22 14:43 |
| #7 I'm in with territorial status. I'm so old, I remember when bad / irresponsible behavior used to be punished (with sackings, bankruptcy, etc.), not actually rewarded. |
| Posted by: Raj 2017-06-22 13:00 |
| #6 Illinois is just the first. Whatever happens has got to be so painful for the political class that the political classes of other states take note. A tax on incompetence? Economic re-educationn classes? Public disclosure of all communications between members of the Chicago city government? |
| Posted by: Matt 2017-06-22 12:40 |
| #5 Throw in Federal charges on various and sundry politicians for malfeasance and it'd be a winner. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-06-22 11:33 |
| #4 Maybe we could get territory status for Kaliphornia too. That might be the only way to save it. I'd like that better than moving to North Carolina. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2017-06-22 11:20 |
| #3 I'm all for reverting it back to territory status. Break the power of the Union machine there. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-06-22 08:58 |
| #2 When you have over $130 Billion in 'unfunded pension debt', $23 Billion in other 'accounts payable' 9-months or more out and the courts ordered all incoming revenue to be used to pay down existing debts, you're hopelessly screwed. Some issues with Mr. Kass's solution. Missouri certainly doesn't need Springfield and Wisconsin couldn't handle Chicago, even with Sherriff David Clarke in control. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2017-06-22 08:26 |
| #1 Territorial status. Territorial governor. Non-voting reps and senators. Limbo - federal judges authority over bankruptcy and readmission statehood processes, because that is Congress' authority (not that it has ever stopped the judiciary of assuming powers not granted by the Constitution). |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-06-22 08:22 |