Illinois Raids Welfare for Videogame Legislation

jcgam69 writes "Recent hearings revealed that the State of Illinois spent $1 million defending their unconstitutional video games legislation. The story gets even worse when you learn where the money came from. 'Some of the areas money was taken from included the public health department, the state's welfare agency and even the economic development department. A state representative who attended recent hearings on the issue said that Gov. Blagojevich's staff simply spread the legal bills around by sticking them to agencies which had funds left in their budgets--even if the agencies had nothing to do with the issue or the litigation.'"

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Illinois has been reactionary for years

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Ever since the demise of the American union from a salient revolutionary forum into an overwrought political machine, Illinois and its princely city Chicago have been irrelevant in national politics. It really could of been a different world if greed and corruption had not become the bread and butter of union bosses, Chicago's mayors and eventually most of the Illinois government.