But Will They Still Be Able To Vote?
NBC reports that Illinois won't have enough money to bury its indigent dead come Monday morning. In past years, the state has reserved about $13 million to help pay for an estimated 12,000 funerals for folks reliant on public aid. Participating funeral homes got about $1000 for funerals and $500 for burial. But the state's 600 funeral directors were notified by mail that this will no longer be the way things are handled since the 2011 budget accounts for just $1.9 million.
One of the most telling traits of a society is how it handles its dead. I wonder what will happen with the bodies of these folks. This could be a good opportunity for private individuals and groups to bury the dead in a more respectful manner.
They just need to make sure they notify the Party machine about where they're buried so they'll be entered onto the appropriate voting rolls.
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Apr '11
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They could store them with the voting machines.
Jun '10
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My guess is Illinois state law won't allow a private group to bury the dead -- at least not without such onerous rules as to make it prohibitive.
If the state donates land, removes regulations, someone will take over the job.
You don't need a funeral home for a potters field -- pine box, a wooden cross, two shovels, and a prayer for the dead.
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They should pile the bodies up on the statehouse steps. Thirteen million dollars is what percent of the cut taken on state contracts by the Condominium in Illinois?
Dec '10
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A great deal of money could be saved if the bodies were cremated instead of buried. Exceptions could be made in the case of religious objection.
May '10
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I agree with TusconSean. Let the families honor and bury them. It necessarily costs nothing but time.
Jul '11
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But Will They Still Be Able To Vote?
Headline of the Week.
Well done!
Unfortunately, I think we all know the answer.
Sep '10
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This is typical of bad governance. They are not going to address the problem they are simply going to refuse to pay for it.
Thomas Sowell has made this argument as what the administration's policy for health care is. Not that they will restrict what you can get, only that they will refuse to pay for it.
All things have a cost, even refusal to pay will have a cost. I suspect funeral directors will take their share of the $1.9MM pie and cut costs as lean as they can. Care will likely suffer a bit.
Apr '11
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I know! We'll let the dead bury the dead!
Jan '11
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How many of these Illinois dead are really Wisconsin Democrats?
Oct '10
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I must be tired. I read that as "Illinois won't have enough money to bury its indignant dead," leading to an interesting question of cause and effect.