Why Madigan’s Democrats Do What They Do
Why? Because Democrats, led by House Speaker Madigan, are protecting a political machine that was carefully constructed by ruling class politicos and the special interests who compete for control of taxpayer money. The machine operates mainly by handing out favors and financing the lifestyles of the friends and insiders who keep them in their positions of power. Democrats are more beholden to public sector unions and trial lawyers than we can imagine.
Read Full ArticleIOP Statement on the Most Unbalanced Budget in State History
Rather than finding ways to improve services, they want you to bail out Chicago. Rather than reforming government they are taking more money from you to fund museums, lagoons, and tourism. We need new leadership in Springfield. Families in Illinois have been hurt in a way they haven’t been hurt before.
Read Full ArticleAre You Getting The Picture?
The photo did not capture an “off-moment.” The photo captured the quintessential Illinois Democrat: uninterested, uninformed and out-of-touch. They don’t have to pay attention to debate in order to inform their vote. All they have to do is vote the way party bosses tell them to vote. For this, they will be guaranteed generous campaign funding from public sector unions, trial lawyers, and Speaker Madigan and his cronies.
Read Full ArticleWhy Moms Do What They Do
In honor of Mother’s Day, we decided to go straight to the source. The Illinois Opportunity Project asked some of the mothers we work with to send us a video testimonial telling us in their own words “why they do what they do.”
Read Full ArticleDemocrats: It’s Time to Evolve!
For 81 years, Democrats have been pitching the same old ideas.
Read Full ArticleDan Proft Discusses Hastert Sentencing on Politics Tonight
Dan Proft on Hastert Sentencing – Politics Tonight
Read Full ArticleMarques Gaines case is reason to reflect: Are we guilty of ‘bystander effect’?
What would you have done early on that February morning had you come upon an unconscious Marques Gaines lying facedown on State Street at a busy Chicago intersection?
Read Full ArticleDan Proft on Repub. committeemen purge – FOX Chicago
The Republican purge targets 13 ward committeemen that say they were each elected in last months primary and some are angrily fighting back. Find out what Dan Proft thinks on Fox News Chicago.
Read Full ArticleThe Issue With Trump that No One is Talking About
“This speaks to leadership. Leaders set the standards for their organizations and then they hold their organization accountable to those standards.”
Read Full ArticleDan Proft & Pat Hughes on “Beyond the Beltway”
Dan Proft filled in for radio broadcasting legend, Bruce DuMont, on last nights episode of “Beyond the Beltway”. He was joined by Illinois Opportunity Project co-founder, Pat Hughes and Professors Art Cyr and Khalil Marrar.
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