The state is a sinking ship.
read more...It’s a depressingly small list of victories.
read more...Approaching a cliff, Illinois steps on the gas.
read more...An unholy alliance has long extracted as much money as possible from the state’s beleaguered private sector.
read more...The state is a fiscal disaster.
read more...Producers and contributors are leaving Illinois.
read more...A comprehensive study debunks leftwing inequality myths.
read more...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 […]
read more...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, […]
read more...I don’t blame the Democrats for wanting to seduce Republicans into a tax-increase trap. Indeed, I completely understand why some Democrats said their top political goal was getting the GOP to surrender the no-tax-hike position. I’m mystified, though, why some Republicans are willing to walk into such a trap. If you were playing chess against […]
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