The Four States of the Apocalypse
Stephen Moore outlines “The Four States of the Apocalypse” — and of course, Illinois is one of the four: “This is the flip side (of) tax the rich, tax the rich, tax the rich. The…
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Stephen Moore outlines “The Four States of the Apocalypse” — and of course, Illinois is one of the four: “This is the flip side (of) tax the rich, tax the rich, tax the rich. The…
Read MoreBy Mark Glennon, Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner: It’s almost entirely comprised of exactly the kinds of measures that broke the state.
Read MoreBy Mark Glennon: The administration will pursue three of the worst ideas available:
Read MoreIf Illinois Republicans and conservatives knew how to get this information about Illinois’ budget shortfall to more people, they’d start winning elections. Here are Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner: Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration has released…
Read MoreBy Mish: Governor Prtizker released details of his plan to save Illinois. He made three of three of the worst possible choices.
Read MoreBy Austin Berg: Illinois families deserve better than to be told the only real solution is in their pocketbooks.
Read MoreBy Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner: It’s usually good to follow the rule “don’t shoot the messenger.” This time, however, the messenger should catch a lot of grief. The messenger in question is Deputy…
Read MorePritzker is a dolt — here are Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner at Wirepoints: There’s no arguing that Illinois is a wreck. But read Deputy Gov. Dan Hynes’ new “budget” report – meant to grease…
Read MoreFrom “STUMP — Where Stu & MP spout off about everything”: I was going to put this in Taxing Tuesday for next week, but this has pissed me off so much, it gets its own post….
Read MoreFrom Illinois News Network: While Gov. J.B. Pritzker blames the previous governor’s administration for an expected $3.2 billion deficit in the coming fiscal year, a public finance watchdog said the state’s financial problems are…
Read MoreBy Stephen Dinan: Federal employees are back on the job after the government shutdown — and many are doing pretty well for themselves, according to a new report that shows nearly 92,000 of them…
Read MoreBy Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner: It’s bad enough that Illinoisans are forced to pay the nation’s highest property taxes.
Read MoreBy Ted Dabrowski: But as bad as things had become, keep in mind that the state’s finances were collapsing even before Rauner.
Read MoreBy Mark Glennon: Residential property tax collections have grown three times faster than incomes in Illinois since 2000.
Read MoreBy Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner via WirePoints.com: A lethal combination of rising property taxes and stagnant incomes has forced many Illinoisans to rethink their relationship with their state. More than 1.5 million net…
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