= Tobin said . . . the Illinois state government needs to fail to change its irresponsible spending habits. = He might want to rephrase that. “Illinois state government needs to fail” This is why I stopped taking so many “small government” types seriously here. They want Illinois to crash and burn so they can prove their point about how bad Democrats are, then go retire somewhere warmer. === Jim Tobin, the founder of the Taxpayer Education Foundation, is opposed to any kind of federal bailout and said the Illinois state government needs to fail to change its irresponsible spending habits.=== It’s like cheering the failed Rauner Years as good… now.