(May 8, 2012 at 5:22 pm)ChadWooters Wrote:(May 8, 2012 at 4:49 pm)Chuck Wrote: Most of your "responsible" states are net recipients of federal tax dollars...Perhaps, but each state must work with what is available to them and each knew what to expect. In particular, Illinois has consistently voted for over-generous pension plans while avoiding making any plans to pay for them.
Illinoise could lobby harder for federal funds they financed with their own tax dollars in the first place, so as to reclaim from the "responsible states" of the handout they've been responsibly needing for decades.
