Posted on November 14, 2016 by Bob Livingston
How the anti-Trump crowd clamors for its own slavery
Politicians, bureaucrats and U.S. media have so skillfully inserted the word “democracy” into American lexicon that the crowd has total confusion of groupism and...
Property taxes in Illinois keep going up, but homes themselves have yet to recover their value years after the housing crisis.
A new study found that Illinois homes purchased in 2008, right before the housing-market recession, still have not gained...
Cook County Board approves soda tax
The tax, which will go into effect in July 2017, will increase the cost of a 99-cent can of soda to $1.11, and would boost the cost of a 20-ounce bottle to $2.39 from $2.19.
Cook County...
Illinois voters sent a clear message to the longtime House speaker Nov. 8: “enough.”
House Speaker Mike Madigan is the most powerful man in Illinois politics.
He controls whether bills live or die. He controls the legislative map. He controls a...
ACLU vows relentless opposition to certain Trump proposals
Posted on November 9, 2016 by Sam RolleyViews: 2,722
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The American Civil Liberties Union, which has described President-elect Donald Trump as a “one-man constitutional crisis,” is vowing to use its “full firepower”...
'$100K Minimum Wage' For 220,000 Highly-Compensated California Public Employees Costs Taxpayers $35B
Adam Andrzejewski 11/11/2016 Forbes
In many states, public service has little to do with serving the public and everything to do with using the public’s money to serve politicians. Whenever...
Revenge of the forgotten class
Posted on November 10, 2016 by ProPublicaViews: 1,070
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This piece, written by Alec MacGillis, was originally published on ProPublica’s website.
In March, I was driving along a road that led from Dayton, Ohio, into its formerly...
‘You’re gonna pay for that sh*t’… Clinton supporters take to violence
Posted on November 10, 2016 by Sam RolleyViews: 2,858
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Predictions of urban violence in the event that Donald Trump was elected president are proving correct. Don’t believe it? Well,...
Paper money an open door ‘to every species of fraud and injustice’
Posted on November 10, 2016 by Bob LivingstonViews: 1,190
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Donald Trump says he wants to make America great again. He can do that by shutting down the Federal...
Balich, Fricilone retain seats for Will County Board District 7
Thomas Czaja, Editor 22nd Media
10:45 pm CST November 8, 2016
Republican incumbent Will County Board Members Steve Balich and Mike Fricilone reclaimed their seats by a comfortable margin on Election Night,...
