Government Budgets

[hardblue.livejournal.com]

I don't know what the local context is in Springfield, but it's a cute cartoon that can be applied to all government budget-making.

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[sachmet.livejournal.com]

The Illinois government just passed a budget that pushes the hardest decisions past the general election this fall, so that the current politicians would have an easier time running for re-election.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-05-31/news/ct-illinois-legislature-met-0601-20140601_1_rauner-new-illinois-budget-hole

[hardblue.livejournal.com]

Pfft, seems like a trifle sin, par for the course for politics.

It makes me think of Obama's new proposal to really
crack down on climate change, now that he is at the
end of his presidency, and which will probably be undone
soon enough.

Smoke & Mirrors