trouble that raising taxes and cutting spending is the only way out. beyond that, not a whole lot of answers. unfunded pension liability looms large. popular columnist at the chicago tribune says states have taken the jobs, people, businesses from illinois and may as well take the whole thing. i quote find safe harbor in the arms of wisconsin indiana missouri, iowa. once we dissolve illinois, things will get better. the problem is too many promises have been made and they have gone wanting. bill: from the on-ramp in chicago, thank you. stocks were mixed. dow gained 15. 15. s&p 500 up a point. nasdaq lost 18.
$15 billion nearly and unpaid bills without a budget over the course of the past two years. $800 million burned in fees and interest on the unpaid bills. when it comes to pensions, $251 billion, a quarter of a trillion dollars in unfunded pension liability appeared what is the answer? most people say cut spending and raise taxes. illinois is one of the lowest income tax rates in the united states among the states that tax income. seven don t. illinois, 3.75 is the percentage rate for the income tax in illinois. illinois also has the highest property tax, second-highest property tax of any state in the union. when it comes to raising taxes, not a lot of people for it. one-third of the population understands that right now the state is in such heavy financial
$15 billion nearly and unpaid bills without a budget over the course of the past two years. $800 million burned in fees and interest on the unpaid bills. when it comes to pensions, $251 billion, a quarter of a trillion dollars in unfunded pension liability appeared what is the answer? most people say cut spending and raise taxes. illinois is one of the lowest income tax rates in the united states among the states that tax income. seven don t. illinois, 3.75 is the percentage rate for the income tax in illinois. illinois also has the highest property tax, second-highest property tax of any state in the union. when it comes to raising taxes, not a lot of people for it. one-third of the population understands that right now the state is in such heavy financial
trouble that raising taxes and cutting spending is the only way out. beyond that, not a whole lot of answers. unfunded pension liability looms large. popular columnist at the chicago tribune says states have taken the jobs, people, businesses from illinois and may as well take the whole thing. i quote find safe harbor in the arms of wisconsin indiana missouri, iowa. once we dissolve illinois, things will get better. the problem is too many promises have been made and they have gone wanting. bill: from the on-ramp in chicago, thank you. stocks were mixed. dow gained 15. 15. s&p 500 up a point. nasdaq lost 18.
milwaukee s heritage. a lot of people know that tv show, and happy days. but instead of talking about milwaukee s past what i d love to talk about is milwaukee s future and a global water center and our fresh waters technologies cluster. i d love to talk about the fact that we re the battery capital of the world is the home of the midwest energy research consortium, and we re bullish on the fact that milwaukee is the destination for a lot of young chicago entrepreneurs, because they re seeing faster commute, lower cost of living. they can be big fish in a small pond, and they ve seen the types of things that wisconsin has implemented that illinois has not, including being the only state in america, with no unfunded pension liability. what are you looking for tonight that would decide your vote in the primary? obviously, you re a walker guy gal when he was running. that s right. we re from wisconsin. everybody s guys. who are you looking for