Bills at the state of Illinois comptroller's office are backing up and growing, forcing the state into deeper debt.
One move the state could make if the financial situation becomes too dire is to not pay back money it has borrowed. But that wouldn't be a smart move, according to Beverly Bunch, associate professor of public administration at UIS.
Bunch's comments were featured in a February 9, 2009 article in the Daily Herald.
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