SPRINGFIELD – In one Tweet Monday morning from Springfield, Democrat State Rep. Chris Welch (Chicago) showed the world one reason why Illinois is unable to come up with a balanced state budget. It's simple – simple math, that is. Math that Rep. Welch evidently doesn't understand.
This is what we're up against, folks … and why Speaker Madigan so easily leads his Democrat caucus at the head of the pack over the fiscal cliff.
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