CNBC’s Santelli on CPS Pension Fund: It’s A Ponzi Scheme
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CNBC’s Santelli On CPS Pension Fund: It’s A Ponzi Scheme
http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQM6fbeyzoY
Dan & Amy are joined by CNBC On-Air Editor Rick Santelli who had this to say about the Chicago...
How Puerto Rico Debt Is Grappling With a Debt Crisis
By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH and LIZ MOYERUPDATED July 1, 2016
Erika P. Rodriguez for The New York Times
For years, Puerto Rico borrowed money by issuing municipal bonds, using the funds to...
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ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
Almost two full years into a budget impasse that has...
For many Illinoisans, the next recession is already here Illinois Policy January 31st 2017
Illinois lost 11,000 manufacturing jobs in 2016.
Illinois is not working.
Since the end of the Great Recession, most members of the Illinois General Assembly have...
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ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
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News From
State Representative Mark Batinick
For Immediate Release Contact: Debbie Kraulidis
March 24, 2017 (815) 254-0000
Batinick, Skillicorn file legislation to give Comptroller greater discretion following court ruling on legislator pay
SPRINGFIELD – In response to the recent court ruling authorizing...
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By Michael Carroll | Illinois News Network
Jun 23, 2017
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ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
Nearly every state in the union has outpaced the rate of personal income growth in Illinois...
