Is this the master plan to screw the economy- Cutting senior’s social security, pensions and stealing their retirement

To the GNC regional sales rep—-I think all business owners and high level managers need to post a thread with their business name and title just like you did. Kudos to you sir! (or mam)

So first Obama cut senior’s social security. He is cutting pensions and stealing their retirement

This is how my clients pay for their services AND IT’S HOW WE KEEP THEM OUT OF NURSING FACILITIES….(WHICH DRAINS THE ECONOMY)

So [...]

BREAKING — 2 Children & 3 Adults have been killed & child shot in route to hospital in Manchester, Illinois shooting Gunman in custody

BREAKING — WLDS-radio: 5 dead in Manchester, Illinois shooting; gunman arrested after high-speed pursuit

ILLINOIS: DEVELOPING U/D – CHILD ALSO SHOT! NOT SURE IF AMONG THE 5 FATALITIS. 5 PEOPLE ARE DEAD IN MANCHESTER SHOOTING, GUNMAN ARRESTED.

 

One Person In Custody In Reported Shooting In Manchester, IL; 2 School Districts Closed

The Scott’s County Sheriff’s Department also says the Winchester School District is closed but did not give any details. The White Hall [...]

New report shines light on the government’s massive ammunition orders

From SHTFplan:

Last year, when the state of Illinois attempted to follow New Jersey by making it difficult and more expensive to acquire ammunition, we warned that new government initiatives would be used to try and circumvent the Second Amendment. Rather than targeting firearms directly, lawmakers and government security officials began looking to ammunition as a sure-fire way to disarm Americans.

While it may have been hard to believe then, given the [...]

Report: DHS Attempting to “Control How Much Ammo is Available On the Commercial Market”

Mac Slavo
March 26th, 2013
SHTFplan.com

 

 

Last year, when the state of Illinois attempted to follow New Jersey by making it difficult and more expensive to acquire ammunition, we warned that new government initiatives would be used to try and circumvent the Second Amendment. Rather than targeting firearms directly, lawmakers and government security officials began looking to ammunition as a sure-fire way to disarm Americans.

While it may have been hard to believe then, given the current shortages [...]

JUST-IN: Illinois Governor Pat Quinn terminated state government’s contract with 40,000+ Union workers

QUINN ADMINISTRATION TERMINATES UNION CONTRACT

In an unprecedented step, Governor Pat Quinn’s administration late today terminated state government’s contract with its largest employee union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 31.

“In 40 years of collective bargaining, Pat Quinn is the first and only Illinois governor to terminate a union contract,” AFSCME executive director Henry Bayer said. “His actions will heighten employee frustration, provoke instability in the [...]

ILL. to spend more on pensions than education

The state of Illinois faces at least $83 billion in unfunded liability between its five pension systems, and is on track to spend more on its government pensions than on education by 2016, a new study released by Governor Pat Quinn’s office says.

The state budget office conducted the study based on a “district-by-district analysis” if the state does not enact comprehensive pension reform, the governor said in a statement. Governor [...]

Illinois governor wants ban on assault weapons

nbcnews.com
August 1, 2012

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn on Tuesday proposed a state ban on assault weapons in the aftermath of the July 20 movie theater massacre in Colorado in which a former graduate student is charged with killing 12 people with guns including a semi-automatic rifle.

Quinn, a Democrat, called himself a “strong supporter” of the constitutional right to bear arms, but said in a letter to state legislators that the proliferation [...]

For the first time 6 EZ members in the ranking of highest probability of default in 5Y; Italy the newest

via google translate:

Due to the decreased risk of failure of Egypt and the state of Illinois, the third euro zone economy reentered the group of 10 countries with the highest probability of entering bankruptcy within a horizon of five years.

Reentered Italy today for the 10th place of the “club” of candidates for a debt default. Although he closed with a probability of default , a horizon of five years, lower than the close yesterday, the third largest [...]

‘Political fixer’ and Obama pal Tony Rezko gets 10 years in jail

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-rezko-sentencing-1122-20111122,0,7545749.story

Antoin “Tony” Rezko was sentenced today to 10½ years in prison for extorting millions of dollars from firms seeking state business or regulatory approval while he was a top fundraiser and adviser to then-Gov.Rod Blagojevich.

Rezko’s daughter broke down sobbing in the courtroom as U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve handed down the sentence.

“You were engaged in a very, very serious offense, Mr. Rezko” the judge said as she imposed the [...]

Illinois bishops announce shutdown of adoption services

Bishops in three Illinois dioceses announced Nov. 14 that they have dropped their lawsuit against the state and will shut down their adoption and foster care programs, after a civil union law required them to provide their services to same-sex couples.

“The decision not to pursue further appeals was reached with great reluctance, but was necessitated by the fact that the State of Illinois has made it financially impossible for our [...]

Ron Paul declared winner of Illinois Republican straw poll

Andrew Stern and Vicki Allen
Reuters
Sunday, November 6, 2011

Ron Paul was declared the winner on Saturday of a weeklong Republican presidential straw poll in Democratic President Barack Obama’s home state of Illinois.

Texas Congressman Paul won 52 percent of the combined 3,649 online and in-person votes cast between October 29 and Saturday evening. He won 66.5 percent of the votes cast over the Internet and 8 percent of those cast in person.

Former [...]

Report On Man Who Faces Life Sentence for Recording Cops

Kurt Nimmo
Infowars.com
August 30, 2011

For the crime of recording police during a citation and taking a tape recorder into the courtroom, 41-year old mechanic Michael Allison faces a life sentence in prison. The state of Illinois has charged Allison with five counts of wiretapping, each punishable by four to 15 years in prison.

The case reveals how far the authorities will go in their efforts to squelch the rights of citizens [...]

CHICAGOLAND: State can no longer afford to bury dead poor

The state of Illinois has reached a new level of broke. Come Monday, it won’t have enough cash to bury its indigent dead.

Illinois officials sent a letter to more than 600 funeral directors around the state to let them know there’s no money for funerals for individuals on public assistance.

“We got that letter,” said Jonathon Szykowny, owner and director of Szykowny Funeral Home. “I’m [...]

GALLUP: DC, Hawaii Still Most Approving of Obama; All States Decline

PRINCETON, NJ — Residents of Hawaii gave native son President Barack Obama the highest average 2010 job approval rating (66%) of any of the 50 states, surpassed only by the 84% Obama received in the District of Columbia. Obama’s lowest average state approval rating in 2010 was 28% in Wyoming.

Half of the 10 most approving states in 2010 were located in the Northeast: New York, [...]

If you can't find work after 99 weeks too freaking bad...

The BIG news story to hit the media circles in the coming days is the fact that 1 Million+ Long Term unemployed will start to lose their benefits in the coming weeks of August 2010 and September 2010 even though all the media Hoopala reported recently with the Capitol Hill Bill recently passed for a unemployment extension of benefits to late November 2010 for the Tier 1-4 unemployed ranks up [...]

BI: 22 Scary Statistics About The Coming Pension Crisis That Will Keep You Up At Night

The list:

* Approximately half of all workers in the United States have less than $2000 saved up for retirement.
* 36 percent of Americans say that they don’t contribute anything at all to retirement savings.
* The number of pensions at risk inside failing companies more than tripled during the recession.
* The number of pensions at [...]

Why do we have to rely on the foreign media for unspun information and perspective?

Why don’t we have journalists like this in the U.S.? Can’t anyone tell it like it is?

DON’T GO WOBBLY ON US NOW, BEN BERNANKE

Barack Obama’s home state of Illinois is near the point of fiscal disintegration. “The state is in utter crisis,” said Representative Suzie Bassi. “We are next to bankruptcy. We have a $13bn hole in a $28bn budget.”

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Published: 8:45PM GMT 28 Feb 2010

The state has been [...]