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At What Point…
I have small businesses in two counties here in flyover country. In one county the death rate from covid is .0000035 – thirty five ten thousandths of one percent. In the other, *much harder hit...
Illinois Should “Un Lock Down” Most of the State
As of this writing, outside of Chicago and the collar counties, the county with the most covid-19 infections is McLean with seven, followed by Winnebago with five. The vast majority of counties h...
The Federal Takeover of State Debt is About to Begin…
Often people focus on the “loud” items and miss the subtle, important events that really change the world. On the positive side, the 401(k) plan has that obscure name because a financial expe...
My Pathetic Vote in Illinois Is Now the Hottest Ticket in Town
Due to the fact that I live in Illinois which has been carved into districts to ensure Democratic majorities, my vote is mostly useless or a protest vote at best. I wrote about gerrymandering her...
The other state without a budget
The Wall Street Journal has an excellent article (behind paywall) by Andrew Staub on the budget stalemate in Pennsylvania. While the overall fiscal situation is less dire than Illinois (lottery w...
Is Obama Our Punishment?
Obama was an unusual candidate for president in 2008. I had serious questions in 2008. One criticism of Obama is that his portfolio is mighty thin. He has no record. Well, he actually does and an...
“The Courage of a Reformer”
I recently had a guest post entitled The Courage of a Reformer at the blog of the Illinois Opportunity Project. My post was in responses to an earlier post by Matt Besler of IOP about Illinois St...
Make Them Own It
Today we see that the latest bond offering from the Chicago Board of Education will be priced at over twice what a BBB offering demands. That is brutal. I still won’t touch that with a ten foot...
Rauner’s budget-Is any of this going to happen ?
An interesting take on the new Illinois governor’s shot across the bow. The Sun-Times doesn’t like it. If we thought Gov. Bruce Rauner’s first proposed state budget stood a chance of becomi...
Liberty Rising — In Illinois
Great post entitled Liberty Rising by Matt Besler of the Illinois Opportunity Project. Matt is talking about the newly elected reform-minded Republicans in Springfield, Illinois. They are current...