Illinois should mind the tax gab.

The state is a sinking ship.

It’s a depressingly small list of victories.

Approaching a cliff, Illinois steps on the gas.

An unholy alliance has long extracted as much money as possible from the state’s beleaguered private sector.

The state is a fiscal disaster.

Producers and contributors are leaving Illinois.

A comprehensive study debunks leftwing inequality myths.

President Obama’s two biggest “achievements” since taking office are the so-called stimulus and government-run healthcare. But neither one of those policies are popular, so the President largely ignored them during his state-of-the-union address and instead focused on using the tax code to promote “fairness.” But fairness doesn’t mean treating everyone equally by adopting a flat […]

Two days ago, I explained that tax increases are bad policy. More specifically, I warned that giving more money to government exacerbates fiscal problems because politicians respond to the expectation of more revenue by spending more than otherwise would be the case. And since they usually over-estimate how much revenue a tax hike will generate, […]