More signs of Obama Depression in the SCoaMF's adopted home state of Illinois...a state that has probably suffered as long as any in this latter-day iteration of America under the reign of DemoProgs and their free-spending (of OPM!) and heavy-handed liberty-crushing statism -
Citing "budget problems" Illinois gives an IOU instead of the $250k won in Illinois State Lottery.
These two quotes nail it -
Rick: "You know what's funny? If we owed the state money, they'd come take it and they don't care whether we have a roof over our head. Our budget wouldn't be a factor. You can't say (to the state), 'Can you wait until I get my budget under control?'"
Franks: "Our government is committing a fraud on the taxpayers, because we're holding ourselves out as selling a good, and we're not — we're not selling anything. The lottery is a contract: I pay my money, and if I win, you're obligated to pay me and you have to pay me timely. It doesn't say if you have money or when you have money."
You would think this would be a slam-dunk for any PR-chasing DA with dreams of higher office dancing in his head but perhaps finding a willing judge who would agree to seize state assets is just too hard in a state long dominated by statists.
Anyway, not surprised this happened in the Land of Obama!