Sunday 29 May 2011

I wouldn't lend to people like us

The budget guy of Illinois says that his state needs a 12-step
program because it's gone a bit wild.

People should not give them any alcohol, sorry, money.

[I would not join a club that would have me as a member. Nor would I let them lend me money- Groucho]

checkitout:
Treasurer says he would call bond houses, warn against lending to Illinois
BY HANNAH HESS • hhess@post-dispatch.com > 217-782-4912 STLtoday.com | Posted: Monday, May 23, 2011 2:42 pm
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. • Illinois chief fiscal officer said Monday he is willing to dial up the bond houses and finance companies to alert them that lending the state more money, as Gov. Pat Quinn has proposed, would be a "major risk."
' 'If I need to send letters o the rating companies to tell them the treasurer of Illinois is opposed to more borrowing, I'm going to do that," said Republican Treasurer Dan Rutherford.