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Governor, Don’t Mangle the Only Chance You’ve Got
“Mendacity. What do you know about mendacity? I could write a book on it…Mendacity. Look at all the lies that I got to put up with. Pretenses. Hypocrisy…Boy, I’ve lived with mendacity. Now why can’t you live with it? You’ve … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 Election
Tagged Bruce Rauner, House of Representatives, Republican Party
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Shifting Education Costs the Other Way: Onto the State
In my last post, I said that the pension cost shift that the Governor proposed in his budget address is nothing but an attempt to balance the State’s budget on the backs of property taxpayers, and that I would not … Continue reading
Posted in Cost of Government, Education, Property Taxes, Taxes
Tagged Education Funding, Income Taxes, Property Taxes, Sales Taxes, Tax Reform
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The Gun Violence Restraining Order: Common-Sense Reform?
In response to the shooting at the Parkland, Florida high school, we’re going to be discussing gun control issues in Springfield again next week. The senselessness of this shooting underscores the need for a rational debate on what steps can … Continue reading
Posted in Second Amendment
Tagged AR-15, Bump Stocks, Due Process, Gun Control, GVRO, Liberty, Mental Illness
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Cost Shifting is Buck Passing By Another Name
Governor Rauner certainly got everyone’s attention last week when he proposed that the employer’s share of pension costs be shifted from the State to local school districts. The pension shift has been a topic of conversation for some time. House … Continue reading
It’s Not the Pension (Entirely), It’s the Debt
“If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.” – Herbert Stein’s Law In his budget address this week, Governor Rauner made big news by proposing that the employer portion of the normal costs of teacher pensions be shifted from … Continue reading