Dan Rutherford | Illinois State Treasurer

Rutherford ‘ready to work together’ on economic problems

BLOOMINGTON – State Treasurer Dan Rutherford doesn’t plan to stop talking about Illinois’ fiscal problems.

He said Friday that raising the income tax in the state is not enough, and Gov. Pat Quinn must address spending (Read More).

Illinois is broke. As a state constitutional officer, I am making a rare request of the General Assembly: Cut my budget.

Illinois is not just out of money—even if all assets including cash, investments and property were liquidated and auctioned, it still would carry more than $37 billion of debt. By this measurement, we are the deepest in debt of all 50 states. (Read More)

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