At times we fail to dig ourselves out of our own world to see what is occurring around us - I know I am guilty of this despite my role as a social studies teacher - I read between 20-25 articles a day on various news stories yet often times this is not enough - it makes me question if I spend too much time reading about sports and technology - also my time is spent working out, playing basketball, cooking, hangout out, etc. - I understand that Illinois is in a financial crisis - I know that times will only get tougher as we continue - we have had politicians who have made decisions based upon being re-elected and not decisions that will help ten or twenty years down the line - my Nana calls these men statesmen versus politicians - we have been in dire need of statesmen but with our current political system I fear that this is impossible - it is impossible for a man to convince the public to be patient in our society for longer than a few weeks forget years - there needs to be a complete overhaul in how we think, operate, and govern to fix many of the messes that exist and I fear we do not have the patience, the courage, nor the will to walk down the necessary path - to read about the state of the Illinois economy and the budget crisis this state faces read the article below -
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-state-budget-mess-20100223,0,7545981,full.story
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