No money for police, fire or infrastructure. It all goes to service the pension system. They’ve borrowed heavily from it and all the money has to go back into it. Maybe they’ll do what CA has done and just issue vouchers to be paid later. Much much later.
Rauner Becomes First Governor to Begin Taxpayer Funding of Abortion
by Michael J. New
September 29, 2017 PM @Michael_J_New
On Thursday, the Republican governor of Illinois, Bruce Rauner, signed the controversial House Bill 40 into law.
HB 40 contains language that will ensure abortion remains legal in Illinois if Roe v. Wade is overturned. More importantly, HB 40 would also require taxpayer funding of abortion for low income women through Illinois’ Medicaid program. In April, Rauner indicated that he would oppose the legislation because of “sharp divisions of opinion” about public subsidies for abortion. However, the governor apparently had a change of heart and signed the bill into law this week. What is interesting – and disheartening – for pro-lifers is that Illinois is the first state where taxpayer funding of abortion came about through the democratic process.
The Hyde Amendment places strict limits on the ability of the federal government to fund abortion through Medicaid. However, states have always been free to pursue their own policy. Prior to today, 15 states funded abortion through Medicaid. In eleven of these states, the policy was imposed through a judicial ruling. In the four other states, health departments simply decided Medicaid would cover elective abortions. As such, Governor Rauner made history in an ignominious way.
Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/452029/bruce-rauner-abortion-law-first-governor-begin-taxpayer-funding
Illinois Republican Governor Signs Sanctuary State Law
by John Binder
28 Aug 2017Springfield, IL
Illinois’ Republican Governor Bruce Rauner signed legislation shielding the nearly 500,000 illegal aliens from federal immigration law.
Rauner signed the sanctuary state bill into law on Monday, making it illegal for law enforcement to arrest or detain illegal aliens solely based on their immigration status, the Chicago Tribune noted.
The new law will essentially make it impossible for Illinois police to notify Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) when they have a suspected criminal illegal alien on their hands, thus increasing the possibility that they will be freed back into the general public.
The sanctuary state law also makes it illegal for local law enforcement to arrest an illegal alien, even if the individual is wanted by ICE for immigration violations.
Rauner’s signing of the sanctuary state law ushers in a new era for Illinois. Currently, there is a booming illegal alien population of more than 450,000, according to Pew Research. Of those illegal aliens in the state, more than 70 percent are from Mexico. As Breitbart Texas reported, the open borders lobby cheered the new law, saying it will “attract more immigrants” to the state.
The big business lobby in Illinois is also likely to support the law, as the Chicago Council on Global Affairs recently asked that the state bring in more immigrants to take low-skilled jobs, despite a widespread problem with African-American youth unemployment, as Breitbart Texas reported.
John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart Texas. Follow him on Twitter at @JxhnBinder.
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/08/28/illinois-republican-governor-signs-sanctuary-state-law/
Just imagine what will happen to many pension systems if a significant downturn in the stock market were to occur and the value of their assets plummeted. I don’t think the Fed can allow that kind of financial disaster to happen. JMHO.
I hear payments will be made the day after never.
Illinois already tried that - issuing IOUs. Didn’t work out so hot.