Open Illinois.org

Okay...so I’ve spoken of this before… how the education system in America is essentially socialism.  Let’s look at how that’s playing out in the day to day here in Illinois.

The state is more than 12 weeks late in doling out more than $1 billion to Illinois schools, among the more than $4 billion the state owes local governments and contractors, according to Comptroller Daniel Hynes.

The article goes on to quote school officials saying things like they aren’t worried, and they are confident that they will get the money that they have been promised.  But where is that money going to come from?  The state doesn’t have it.  Otherwise, it seems, they would already have paid their bills.

This “backlog,” mentioned in the article by the spokeswoman for the Illinois State Board of Education, is not something you see in a free market situation.  When service providers don’t get paid, they don’t keep providing services indefinitely.

This would be an amazing time for districts to go transparent.  Clearly, even if the state comes up with money now, it is only money borrowed against the future, when taxpayers will have to shoulder the increased debt burden.  It’s also clear that cuts are being made.  Districts may need to find ways to educate children for less money.  Get those expenditures up online! I bet the local taxpayers can figure out where money is being wasted, so that it can be funneled into educating their children more effectively.

And, as was just mentioned in our office, people want to see the government doling out health care benefits as well?!  Why would doctors assume the risk of treating a patient if there’s a chance they might not get paid…or they would get paid 12 weeks late?