Illinois budget pass

So Illinois Governor JB Pritzker states that Illinois government has now balanced the budget. But has Illinois done this? Has Chicago required Pritzker to put the toilets back into the house next to his that he took out to have the building declared uninhabitable and cut his property tax bill? What kind of budgetary political jokes has Pritzker used to “Balance the Budget”?

Perhaps we should get on a train in Moline and take it to Chicago to ask Pritzker. If he is not there we can then take the train to Springfield. Oh wait, there is no train from Moline to Chicago, just money to supposedly make one. Hope they do better than California did on train.

Illinois is doing the usual thing with raising taxes and fees on businesses and various things. They have this new and I do not know how to describe it but it is not allowing interchange fees for tax and tips on credit and debit card transactions.

So you got to the gas station July 1 and put your debit card in the pump and the pump somehow tells you to go into the gas station to pay in cash. What? Or you go to your favorite restaurant, say the State Street Cafe in Geneseo Illinois or Ana’s Cafe in Rock Falls Illinois and you try to pay your bill with your card but are told to pay the tax and tip in cash. Why? Sure, for politicians it may sound good, but it is a business nightmare.

So instead of going to Brothers in Rapids City Illinois you go to the Valley Inn Ale House or the Valley Country Cafe both in Pleasant Valley Iowa right across the Mississippi River. Those same restaurants are within an easy drive from Geneseo and Rock Falls. People in the state border towns and cities already go over state line for Gasoline. Trips are planned in a way to not get gasoline in Illinois.

Go to Northeastern Illinois by Indiana and with the exception of Gary Indiana, the prosperity has left Illinois and has gone to Indiana. Cairo Illinois is a dead city as is East Saint Louis.

Illinois is doing its usual shell game and sending money to Chicago. They raise taxes and fees. Illinois creates situations that cause not only businesses to fail but also people. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Democrats have been spending their careers in destroying the state.

To the neighboring states and especially my state of Iowa, take this as a warning. Do not put Democrats in the majority of the chambers or in state wide seats. It is a recipe for fiscal and social disaster!