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Democrats Spent Years Running Their Cities’ Budgets Into The Red. Now That Tab Is Finally Coming Due
Daily Caller News Foundation. ^ | April 24, 2025 | Ireland Owens

Posted on 04/25/2025 6:27:11 AM PDT by george76

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1 posted on 04/25/2025 6:27:11 AM PDT by george76
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Democrat plan -- get another credit card! The old ones are maxxed out!
2 posted on 04/25/2025 6:29:27 AM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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Had Harris cheated her way to a win, billions of federal bailout money would now be flowing to those corrupt and incompetent Democrat cities.
💰💰💰

We sure dodged a bullet there.
You betcha.


3 posted on 04/25/2025 6:33:35 AM PDT by Leaning Right (It’s morning in America. Again.)
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Just read yesterday that the “genius” Mayor of Chicago is moving forward on reparations to Black residents. I guess Brandon thinks there is still a pot-of-gold hiding somewhere in the city.


4 posted on 04/25/2025 6:33:52 AM PDT by rbg81 (=)
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time

Quite true.


5 posted on 04/25/2025 6:34:18 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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On the Brink of Collapse? 12 States With the Highest Debt in the U.S.

https://wealthynickel.com/on-the-brink-of-collapse-12-states-with-the-highest-debt-in-the-u-s/

I was surprised to see Alaska on the list. Every other state is BLUER than BLUE, therefor...


6 posted on 04/25/2025 6:34:34 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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They fully expect DC to bail them out.
Our money for them to keep destroying the cities.


7 posted on 04/25/2025 6:35:11 AM PDT by 13Sisters76 ("It is amazing how many people mistake a certain hip snideness for sophistication. " Thos. Sowell)
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To: Leaning Right

Had Harris cheated her way to a win, billions of federal bailout money would now be flowing to those corrupt and incompetent Democrat cities.


Absolutely right. They were counting on this. Their new plan is to somehow kick-the-can four years down the road in the hope a Dem is elected POTUS in 2028.


8 posted on 04/25/2025 6:35:59 AM PDT by rbg81 (=)
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It's the Democrat Formula:

(Public employee unions) * [(bigger budgets in response to failure) + (graft)] = (chronic shortfalls)

9 posted on 04/25/2025 6:38:55 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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>>create a “working group” of civic organizations, financial experts, labor organizations, local business leaders and elected officials to help tackle the city’s budget gap.

I see “taxpayers” don’t have a seat at the table in this “working group”.


10 posted on 04/25/2025 6:48:49 AM PDT by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~you/base)
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Chicago owes reparations because of its history as Slave Capitol of the South. Or something.


11 posted on 04/25/2025 6:48:55 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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Hard-working taxpayers money confiscated only to be wasted by evil, republic destroying individuals in government.


12 posted on 04/25/2025 6:54:33 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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Every single dilapidated, filthy, crime-ridden, drug-infested, poverty-stricken, corrupt, bankrupt $hithole has been run by democrats for 50-plus years....


13 posted on 04/25/2025 6:58:47 AM PDT by wny (s)
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They have little to no foresight - plus they believe Uncle Sugar will come to their rescue with printed-up federal dollars.

Hope Trump tells them NO.


14 posted on 04/25/2025 7:08:10 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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I call bogus on this list. Illinois as Number 10? We clearly have a firm grip on the Number 1 spot!


15 posted on 04/25/2025 7:18:08 AM PDT by ne1410s (2 Tim 4:3 For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine.)
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All of these state use BS accounting tricks to hide the true nature of their debt. Trick that would be illegal in the private sector. The real numbers are much higher.


16 posted on 04/25/2025 7:24:46 AM PDT by circlecity
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Yep. St. Louis just elected another female democrat after the preivious female democrats couldn’t do her job. Talk about insanity. Doing the same thing over and over hoping for different results.


17 posted on 04/25/2025 7:24:47 AM PDT by DownInFlames (P)
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They go begging to fedgov for aid so that more fiscally responsible folks will be tapped to pay for their largess.

When they dont get it, if repubs are in charge, its their fault as they “hate people”. If dems are in charge and wont, its that the repub minority is blocking it, because they “hate people”.


18 posted on 04/25/2025 7:25:03 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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> Illinois had $10,915 in pension liabilities per capita

And the actual people paying for that - say households with > $100K income - are a MUCH smaller pool.


19 posted on 04/25/2025 7:25:06 AM PDT by glorgau
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Dem strategy for getting others to bail them out: pay my bills or else you hate people.


20 posted on 04/25/2025 7:25:38 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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