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The big Illinois news for Republicans this week is the actions of two men who have been elected to the General Assembly as Republicans and have held important Party posts. We weighed in on…
Read MoreThe responsibility for where we are today lies at the feet of those who’ve held positions of power in the years leading up to now. This isn’t about affixing blame – it’s about…
Read MoreNothing good happens without a profit. And how do we maximize this goodness? By lowering taxes, that’s how. As three successive generations of Presidents (Kennedy 1961, Reagan 1981 and Bush 2001) have proved when…
Read MoreMen who dress up as women are called “cross dressers”. They pretend to be women but we know really underneath they are men. Likewise taxes are not always called taxes. They can be called…
Read MoreBy Bill Zettler I make this statement after reading a Jan 25th Daily Herald article about McHenry School District 15’s proposed referendum headlined “Tax Increase Plan Draws Little Ire”. I’m thinking “Big Ire” will…
Read MoreAfter reading various news reports recently promoting “Education Week” I decided it would only be fair that I represent the taxpayer for “Taxpayer Week” where we taxpayers would solicit praise from various public employee…
Read MoreDavid Denholm, who is the president of the Public Service Research Foundation, recently analyzed data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics and reported his findings in the Heartland Institute’s Budget & Tax News….
Read MoreForget that title – we were only kidding. The actual headline is: “Texas Governor Proposes Spending Reforms, More Accountability.” Though it sure would be nice to read such a story about how Republican members…
Read MoreWhen the giant Milton Friedman died this past week we were tempted to express our condolences to the Republican members of the Illinois General Assembly on their having lost a great friend. Of course we’d be…
Read MoreThere are Illinois General Assembly Republicans who would like to have you think that while they are “moderate” on the social issues they agree with the party’s platform on the fiscal issues. Don’t you believe it. First—do…
Read MoreRumors swirl as Illinois Republican legislators burn up the phone lines talking to each other about how they’re even more irrelevant to Illinois politics than they were just a few days ago. That might…
Read MoreHenry Hazlitt’s book, “Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics“ is an excellent read that conveys what you need to know. In fact, if you have ever considered running for…
Read MoreGovernment spending history keeps repeating itself because those who get elected think they’re there only to serve the interest groups clamoring for access to ever more tax dollars. It’s a problem at all levels of government. The personality…
Read MoreEconomic ignorance is to politicians what idle hands are to the devil. Both provide the workshop for the creation of evil. — Economist Walter Williams Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to…
Read MoreNotes on Medicaid compiled from the Illinois Policy Institute, the Illinois Republican Senate Caucus, and news reports. From the Illinois Policy Institute: When individuals purchase health insurance or choose employee benefits, they make decisions…
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