Illinois at a Crossroads
Great piece by my colleague Kristina Rasmussen on the sharp contrast between reformers like Governor Chris Christie in New Jersey and the status quo, kick the can down the road crowd like Governor...
View ArticleHow to Lose Jobs and Alienate Taxpayers
My latest piece at The Daily Caller on the Illinois tax hike fight: As if Illinois weren’t already steadily chasing businesses and citizens away with policies of economic destruction, Illinois...
View ArticleYou’re Welcome, Indiana!
Last night, I watched from the gallery in Springfield as Illinois House members decided to pass a 67% income tax increase. Wrap-up from John Tillman at the Illinois Policy Institute: On the same day...
View ArticleMass Exodus
Yesterday, the Illinois Policy Institute released a tax migration study detailing what many have known for a long time: due to decades of bad public policy, Illinois is driving out taxpayers and...
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How to Arm Criminals and Create Victims
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan recently issued an edict to State Police to release to the Associated Press all Firearm Owner Identification Card (FOID) holders. Why the AP feels they need this...
View ArticleThe Moral Hazard of State Bribes
I appeared on ABC-Chicago last night to discuss the moral hazard of state bribes and some other failed “investments” the state of Illinois has made in the name of job creation. A number of companies...
View ArticleOutrageously Out of Touch
Three raises in a year?! My colleague Kristina Rasmussen at the Illinois Policy Institute went on Fox Business to discuss the IL government union's latest out of touch request of the financially...
View ArticleTaxpayers Deserve Better
Last night I went on Fox Chicago to debate the debt ceiling issue. My last comments that were cut from the segment were: 1) Obama isn't sticking to his guns - we don't know what they are as he simply...
View ArticleWhat’s in a name?
Last night I went on WGN-CLTV's Politics Tonight to discuss ObamaCare. Host Paul Lisnek brought up an interesting question: isn’t calling the recent federal health care bill “ObamaCare” partisan or, as...
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Killing Illinois
The Illinois Policy Institute released this paper today. If you are from Illinois, this is quite alarming. Even if you are not from Illinois, this is a real wake-up call. The anti-growth, big...
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