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As for Meeks, he blamed Madigan for the current gridlock and had no qualms about meeting directly with Quinn. According to WBBM, Meeks said, "I do not think the governor is the problem...I ain't scared to call the speaker out -- he ain't my daddy. If the speaker wanted this solved, it would be solved. For whatever reason, he doesn't want to work this out. Pat Quinn is trying to do everything he can to save social services.'' And with Madigan's daughter Lisa deciding between which office she wants to run for in 2010 - Governor or U.S. Senator - some have suggested Madigan is strong-arming Quinn in a bid to weaken him for next year's election.
Lawmakers are due back in Springfield on July 14 to take up the budget issue once more.
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Of course Meeks is in favor of raising the income tax. His constituents don't pay income taxes, but use the majority of the social services that would be cut. Maybe the budget crisis could be resolved by cutting bloated payrolls and getting rid of ridiculous pension plans that don't encourage those with them to be fiscally responsible.
And while I am fairly certain that the good Senator (and Reverend!) does not read this site, I will offer him this quick grammatical lesson. The proper conjugations of the verb "to be" in the negative tense are as follows:"am not", "are not" and "is not" (or aren't and isn't if you like contractions). However, "ain't" is not a word. I understand is a common misconception among some and I hope this clears that up. Mazel Tov.
"I understand is a common misconception among some and I hope this clears that up. Mazel Tov."
I love it when people screw up while correcting someone else's grammar.
You caught me. I forgot to include the word it. Damn the lack of an edit post button. My apologies. Hope the schadenfreude felt good though. Have a nice day.