Illinois figured it was no big deal. With Hillary in the White House, the U.S. Government would just pick up the tab.
It is very important that President Trump not take that bait.
Maybe he could do it as part of very tough love. Require that Illinois congress critters support him on all the legislative initiatives he has in process, like repeal of Obamacare, national reciprocity for the exercise of the Second Amendment, and so forth.
But that is not going to happen, so allow Illinois to reap the fruits of the complete corruption, lawlessness, and irresponsibility in Chicago.
It has to be done, or it will set a precedent that will destroy the United States.
No state should be bailed out by the federal government from the consequences of its overspending.
“It has to be done, or it will set a precedent that will destroy the United States.”
Yup.
CA’s pension fund liability alone is pushing $1T