Saturday, June 11, 2011 7:32 PM

Illinois Insanity: State Spend $365K Taxpayer Dollars to Teach People How to Fish; Hands Out $4 Million in Free Tuition to AFSCME Public Union Workers

Illinois has a budget deficit of $8 billion and has billions of dollars in unpaid bills. Those problems persist after the largest tax hikes in history.

However, Illinois is wasting millions of dollars in programs that many would consider absurd even in good times. For example, please consider $365K In Taxpayer Dollars To Teach People How To Fish? http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/06/08/ ... x-dollars/

In his winter budget address, Gov. Pat Quinn pledged that “all unnecessary state spending will be eliminated.â€