Full Text of HR0610 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The people of Illinois are suffering from an | 3 | | ongoing
economic crisis that threatens their health, wealth, | 4 | | and security; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Occupy movements in Illinois are supported by | 6 | | people of all trades and
occupations, from school teachers to | 7 | | military veterans, who are stirred to protest economic | 8 | | injustice by the examples of the Occupy Wall Street movement in | 9 | | New York City and the numerous other Occupy protests across the | 10 | | country; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, In Illinois, the unemployment rate is 10% | 12 | | (numbering more
than 660,000 people), the poverty rate is more | 13 | | than 14% (1.8 million people), and the rate of people living in | 14 | | extreme poverty (income less than $11,000 for a family of four) | 15 | | is nearly 7% (680,000 people); and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, The average after-tax household income of the top | 17 | | 1% of the United States population grew by 275% between 1979 | 18 | | and 2007, and the average after-tax household income of the | 19 | | lowest 20% of the United States population grew by just 18% in | 20 | | that same period; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, The top 1% of income earners control 40% of the
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The foreclosure rate in Illinois last month was | 3 | | the ninth worst in the country (1 of every 463 units), the rate | 4 | | in Cook County was even worse (1 of 357 units), and nearly 45% | 5 | | of the mortgage loans on Chicago homes are "underwater", that | 6 | | is, the amount of the home mortgage loan exceeds the value of | 7 | | the home; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, The cost of the foreclosure crisis to Illinois | 9 | | taxpayers in 2012 is expected to reach $12 billion, blighting | 10 | | whole communities with decreased police and fire protection, | 11 | | higher crime rates, less access to health care, poorer schools, | 12 | | deteriorated infrastructure,
diminished recreation services, | 13 | | reduced library services, and park closures or reduced park | 14 | | hours; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, People of all ages (from young adults to seniors) | 16 | | and backgrounds, individuals from all Chicago neighborhoods, | 17 | | and persons who live in the suburbs, downstate cities, and | 18 | | rural areas are lawfully protesting the failures of Wall | 19 | | Street, the subsequent economic crisis, and the failure to | 20 | | address the needs of 99% of the population; therefore, be it | 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 22 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| 1 | | we recognize the hardships experienced by the people of | 2 | | Illinois as a result of these economic injustices and we stand | 3 | | in support of the continued peaceful exercise of First | 4 | | Amendment rights by Occupy protestors.
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