Say NO To A Minimum Wage Hike
Instead of enacting policies that discourage business and opportunity, Gov. Pritzker should push reforms that help more people seek the American dream and find work from which they can derive meaning and dignity.
Read Full ArticleMadigan’s Power
The main takeaway: the rules are calculated to benefit the Speaker and those loyal to them. But, in this system, who is the one group that is never put into the equation? The taxpayers. The Illinois residents who are forced to prop up a system that is built to serve politicians and not the people they represent.
Read Full ArticleYour Children
The failed status quo in our state’s education system means students are not prepared for college or their future careers. The opportunity scholarships are a tool to help bridge the gap and end the cycle of poverty for low income students in underperforming school districts.
Read Full ArticleWhat We Want to See from Governor J.B. Pritzker
Families should not serve government, government should serve families, particularly those most in need. Yet, in Illinois, that isn’t what happens. Instead, politicians run up debt, using taxpayers as a piggy bank to fund their own pet projects and increase their power.
Read Full ArticleMore of the same: Democrats Re-Elect Madigan as Speaker
Democrat State Representatives aren’t putting you first. By voting for Madigan and his rules, they are putting their power first. Whether it’s Illinois families, victims of harassment and assault, or small business owners, your interests are subsumed by political power and greed.
Read Full ArticleA New Day?
So what does Madigan’s new day look like for those of us still living here? A gas tax hike, progressive income tax hike, and a continued rise in property taxes as bills continue to stack up.
Read Full ArticleNew Legislators: End Conflicts Of Interest
The current pension system in place breeds career politicians beholden to a fixed system that enriches them but continues to squeeze taxpayers. Real pension reform is needed to bring relief to families across the state that have been nickel and dimed by the political ruling class at no benefit to the average taxpayer.
Read Full ArticleCoalition Of Reformers Refuse Taxpayer Funded Pensions If Elected
We deserve independent legislators who will work to save our homes, not just sit by and collect a paycheck as families are being uprooted and seeing their most important investment destroyed.
Read Full ArticleOne year later: 2017 tax hike failed
It has been one full year since the General Assembly passed a budget that ended Illinois’ two-year impasse. The results are in: This policy was a complete failure.
Read Full ArticleJanus v. AFSCME: A win for state workers and taxpayers
If there is hope that Illinois will recover from financial disaster, weak job growth, record-high taxes and massive population loss, the Supreme Court’s Janus v. AFSCME ruling is a good first step on that path to recovery.
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