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Tale of two neighboring states: A failing Illinois and a Wisconsin Success story
Two articles were published in tandem, but a day apart, detailing the out-of-control and severe financial status of Illinois. I suspect that the Chicago Tribune’s article came first in the lineup on Thursday, January 19, Illinois’ Unpaid Bill Crisis Just Keeps Getting Worse, and that it served as the spring board for the following day’s [...]
Senate Democrats’ 1,000 Days of Debt and Disappointment
January 24th marks a sad milestone in the history of the United States Senate: the 1,000th day since Senate Democrats last offered a budget plan to the American people. Senate Democrats abandoned their official duty to prioritize Americans’ hard-earned tax dollars and tackle our nation’s most pressing economic challenges — dealing a painful blow to fiscal [...]
The Greece Next Door: IL gets credit downgrade, in contrast to Wisc.
Run up spending and debt, raise taxes in the name of balancing the budget, but then watch as deficits rise and your credit-rating falls anyway. That’s been the sad pattern in Europe, and now it’s hitting that mecca of tax-and-spend government known as Illinois. Read this article from the Wall Street Journal by clicking here.
State of Dysfunction
January 26, 2012 By Editor
Tonight, Americans who tune in to the State of the Union will watch the work of a rhetorical master with a flair for illusion. President Barack Obama … [Read More...]