FUZZY MATH
The “Tax the Rich” Delusion of the Democratic Left
Ever hear anyone on the left spell out exactly how they're going to pay for Medicare for All, free college, and all the rest? Didn't think so.
By Brian Riedl
The Democrats’...
For years, Illinois taxpayers haven't been represented at the bargaining table between Illinois' largest government union and the state. Illinois' former governors cared more about appeasing the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees than protecting the taxpayers...
Why a budget won’t fix Illinois
January 5, 2017
Pension costs alone now consume a quarter of the Illinois state budget.
Did you feel it?
As 2016 expired at midnight Dec. 31, so too did Illinois’ stopgap budget. That six-month spending plan pushed...
By Brandon Smith
At the beginning of 2018 I wrote extensively on what was likely to happen under the administration of Jerome Powell, the new Federal Reserve Chairman. In my article 'New Fed Chairman Will Trigger A Historic Stock Market...
Pension costs are crowding out classroom spending across Illinois school districts.
In the coming school year, 36% of the money the state allocates to education will be diverted away from teachers and students to meet required pension payments for retirees.
This...
By Austin Berg Illinois Policy
Before noon on Friday, May 30, Illinoisans had not seen a single line of the state budget.
But by Saturday morning, they learned they were on the hook for a 1,581 page spending plan that will cost a...
Janus v. AFSCME: A Case to Protect Public Employees’ First Amendment Rights
BREAKING NEWS: National Right to Work Foundation Asks Supreme Court to take Janus v. AFSCME
With their billion dollar forced dues machine, Big Labor has managed to hold an...
Democrats continue tax hike push; GOP wants meaningful reforms first
By Greg Bishop | Illinois News Network
Jun 22, 2017
photo by Shutterstock
Senate Democrats passed a tax hike bill out of their chamber without GOP votes, but they now...
On this edition of Against The Current, Senator Ted Cruz sits down with Dan Proft to discuss the lessons he took away from his POTUS run, his assessment of President Trump's performance eight months in, the four policy priorities...
The number of living Purple Heart, Medal of Honor, or POW Medal recipients in Illinois for fiscal year 2017 was 2,869. Read more..
