Out-migration is a serious problem for Illinois, and policymakers should focus on curtailing it by fostering a better climate for job creation and economic growth. The more Illinoisans leave, the fewer there are left to shoulder the burden of...
July 12, 2016 "The problem is not "extremism on all sides." This is another phrase stripped of all meaning through repeated misuse" This commentary originally appeared in The Chicago Tribune on 7/11/16. By, Dan Proft We need to come together as a community...
Editors note: I guess socialist and globalist feel doing what is necessary to have a fiscally sound State, City, County, School District, etc. should be penalized. Not spending more than is taken in becomes imposible when the goal is increasing...
How Puerto Rico Debt Is Grappling With a Debt Crisis By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH and LIZ MOYERUPDATED July 1, 2016 Erika P. Rodriguez for The New York Times For years, Puerto Rico borrowed money by issuing municipal bonds, using the funds to...
July 7, 2016 AFSCME is demanding pay hikes, better health care coverage and pension benefits over a new, four-year contract, which would cost state taxpayers $3 billion more than what the state is offering.   George works for the state of Illinois....
Breaking: FBI to Investigate Clinton for Lying Under Oath to Congress About Email Server Jay Syrmopoulos July 7, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGaJyJkRMLo   Washington, D.C. –  After FBI Director James Comey announced on Wednesday that the bureau had found no basis to bring a criminal case against Clinton...
The GOP — rife with traitors Posted on July 6, 2016 by John MyersViews: 4,489 319 Shares “and you, Brutus?” — Julius Caesar’s dying words in William Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar Two thousand years ago Caesar was forewarned of his assassination in the...
By Adam Andrzejewski, CEO of OpenTheBooks 7/6/2016 Today, the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, held hearings on the security of the gun and ammunition lockers at Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Prison System (FPS), and Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Congressman Mark...
Welcome to the Titanic – Would you like some ice with that Kool Aid? David A. Lombardo July 3, 2016 I don’t know about you but I’m pretty much fed up with the way things are going in the world. While...
  Editors note: The Public sector employees get more money better benefits & pension never getting laid off at the expense of tax increases for all citizens. Private sector unions lay their people off, and if the pay gets too...

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