- Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn served up a State of the State speech Wednesday full of ways to spend more money on college scholarships and preschool and cut taxes on natural gas and families with children.
Spend more money? Cut taxes? Crisis over!!! Quinn has worked a miracle! That money tree he finally planted in the backyard of the governor's mansion must finally be bearing fruit. And all you bastards said it couldn't be done.
And then the small voice of sanity is heard:
- But with Illinois unable to pay its bills and concerns rampant at the Capitol about getting control of runaway public pension and health care costs, lawmakers from both parties were left with a question: Where will the money come from?
And an even smaller voice whispers:
- The governor left that query unanswered, pledging to provide more details in another speech that's three weeks away.
Quinn is counting on one of two things:
- Obama money, or
- a miracle
And unfortunately, "A miracle" was just seen leaving town for an appointment in California, which is in the same boat as Illinois.