Posted on 07/05/2010 4:25:43 AM PDT by blam
Obama will find a way to use the SLUSH FUND to bail out a number of large states from their budget problems. He will look like a great hero to them just in time for the ‘12 election and get himself re-elected.
It appears that every government entity in Du Page Illinois has a health center?
All that is need is a street to run, walk or bike on!
Too hard on the feet? Do laps in the park.
they are also some of the worst “double dippers” with regards to public pensions:
Padded Pensions Add to New York Fiscal Woes
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2518552/posts
Double-dipping state and local employees collect paycheck and a pension
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2538387/posts
Why state pension funds may need a $1 trillion bailout
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2518753/posts
to avoid bankruptcy, no public employee union should be sacrosanct.
He is the son of Thomas Hynes, a former Cook County assessor, president of the Illinois Senate and Democratic Ward committeeman of the 19th ward in Chicago, Illinois.
In 2004 Hynes was an unsuccessful candidate in the Democratic primary election for his party's nomination for the United States Senate, finishing second to State Senator Barack Obama
Hynes challenged Governor Pat Quinn for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Illinois, formally announcing his campaign on September 2, 2009.
After a close vote, on February 4, 2010, Dan Hynes conceded to Governor Quinn and pledged his support to Quinn in the general election
Hynes vowed to fix the state's pension system by rooting out abuses, including double dipping, Quinn accused his rival's father, Tom Hynes, of taking multiple pensions stemming from his various jobs as a longtime state legislator and former Cook County assessor.
He managed President Bill Clinton's 1996 re-election in the state
Lawyer Matthew Hynes, a brother, was Al Gore's Illinois campaign manager in 2000.
Hynes was a health care attorney for a Chicago law firm
"We can't cut (taxes/spending) our way out of this," Hynes said.
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