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Club For Growth
“…I think if you mention the name Ted Cruz to other Senators, you just get titanic oceans of eye-rolling, because you’re a freshman, you don’t go in and take over hearings. You, like, hang around and learn how it’s done.”
- New York Times Columnist David Brooks, 4/21/13 (more…)
Open The Books
“…it may be just the tool taxpayers need to start holding their elected officials accountable.” – Kristine Frazao National Correspondent, Washington D.C. (more…)
This is Too Frightening to Be Funny
The next time you hear a politician use the Word ‘billion’ in a casual manner, think about Whether you want the ‘politicians’ spending your tax money. A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, But one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in one of its releases. (more…)
Political Games By Illinois State Rep. Jeannie Ives
The most reprehensible part of all is that Illinois’ tax-payers are desperate for strong, redemptive legislation on pensions, jobs, state debt, healthcare and education. What they got yesterday was a vile demonstration of power from Speaker Madigan, as he coerced the House of Representatives into spending over 9 hours debating bad amendments to a shell bill. (more…)
Hey Democrats, Illinois Bills Totaling $22 Billion Coming Due
Illinoisans seem content to give up so much of their liberty to the political class, just so long as the state gives them perpetual economic security. States like California, Illinois and New York already have more-or-less become European. (more…)
Obama and The Tea Party
What Barack Obama and his minions cannot grasp is the American people aren’t sheep. We don’t want government intrusion into every aspect of our lives. The Bill of Rights – those first ten amendments to our Constitution – still mean something to most of us, no matter how much they have dumbed down public education. Our strength is in numbers. (more…)
Do High Taxes Raise More Money?
Upon his re-election, President Barack Obama pledged to get America’s economy moving again. It is troubling that Obama made this same promise four years ago, he reneged on his promises and America’s economy is still stuck. (more…)
State’s Future Hinges on Tax and Spending Decisions
Illinois Democrat lawmakers, facing the state’s own version of the fiscal cliff, are expected to use their newly won veto-proof majority in the legislature to solve (?) the state’s impending financial crisis with permanently higher tax rates on personal income and corporations. What else could we expect from the Democrats besides more taxes and more burden on small business with more regulations? (more…)
Roskam: President’s Tax Hike Won’t Make Our Fiscal Problems Go Away
On December 9 2012, Congressman Peter Roskam (IL-06) appeared on Bloomberg’s Capitol Gains to discuss the House Republican proposal to avert the fiscal cliff that has gone unanswered by the president. (more…)
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