Longshots #205: Creating a Balanced Approach to Illinois' Budget Crisis

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DATE : Thu Jan 14 00:00:00 -0600 2010
Entered in Database : 2010-01-15 00:52:58
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Sarah talks with John Bouman, president of the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law and one of the conveners of the Responsible Budget Coalition (RBC). Listen as they discuss HB 174, which creates revenue to provide a more balanced approach to fixing crisis while reforming the system and includes provisions to insulate the lower end of the income tax-paying public. They also talk about what the RBC is doing to help during the impasse, as well as what Illinois citizens can do.

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