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Illinois’ $15-per-hour Minimum Wage Proposal Is Just ‘Pie in the Sky’

written by Nancy Thorner

Environment/Energy
Bottom-Up Cronyism – No Better Than Top-Down Cronyism

by Seton Motley June 30, 2017

Government cutting special deals for special friends – is always obnoxious, obnoxiously bad policy.

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Budgets/Taxes
Higher Property Taxes, Lower Home Values and Increased School Spending Plague Illinoisans

by Nancy Thorner June 27, 2017

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Illinois averaged more than 40,000 permits for new single-family houses per year prior to the so-called Great Recession.

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Environment/Energy

A Tale Of Two Governors: Massive Cronyism And Other Terrible Policy

written by Seton Motley

The Left's Opposition to Mining Threatens Its Green Dream | William F. Shughart II January 28, 2020
Environmental activists who oppose mining minerals in the United States are threatening the same green agenda they claim to embrace.
Virginia’s Recent Extremism a Warning Sign for Other States January 28, 2020
The Old Dominion is trending in an ominous direction, and it’s a problem for the whole country.
5 Big Points by Trump’s Lawyers as Defense Opens in Impeachment Trial January 27, 2020
White House counsel Pat Cipollone says Democrats’ impeachment effort seeks to “perpetrate the most massive interference in an election in American history.”
Hit piece in USA Today attacks Fox News as hate speech January 27, 2020
The real target is President Trump and his supporters. Conservative critics of Fox News should take note of what’s going on here.
Trump Versus Dean Wormer January 27, 2020
Trump as head of Delta House is actually a lot more accurate than the people who did this parody may realize.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day – Never Forget January 27, 2020
Today, January 27, 2020, marks the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz.
NY Times Editorial Misstates The Law In Call For Roberts To Issue A Subpoena To Bolton January 27, 2020
I believe that the premise of the argument on the vote is highly flawed and should not be seriously entertained by the Chief Justice.
Bravo to the Undoing of Michelle Obama’s ‘Signature Achievement’ January 27, 2020
Michelle Obama, like her husband and his minions when he was president, is allied with elitists who ignore and distort science to promote their leftist agendas.
The Grubby Corruption of Our Power Elite January 27, 2020
Schweizer’s subject is not corruption, by Democrats, but corruption, and self-dealing by politicians regardless of party.
Schiff’s Call To Invalidate A Trump Re-Election Is A Attack On Voters January 24, 2020
‘The president's misconduct cannot be decided at the ballot box,’ Rep. Adam Schiff said. ‘For we cannot be assured that the vote will be fairly won.’

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