Fair is foul...

Rev. Al Sharp, Executive Director of Protestants for the Common Good, provides insightful but fightening information on proposed funding cuts to the Illinois Department of Human Services budget:

"“Fair is foul, and foul is fair” are the first words we hear in Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The moral order of things is turned on its head, and unreality is abroad in the land. How better to describe what it feels like to be in our state capitol right now.

"These words came especially to mind as the Illinois Secretary of Human Services Michelle Saddler presented the Department’s budget to a group of advocates last week.

"My reaction was due partly to Secretary Saddler’s description of the proposed cuts, which will be tragic."

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