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“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein
June 25, 2024

I serve as the Republican Spokesman on the House Personnel & Pensions Committee, and though...

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January 27, 2019

BANKRUPT: bank·rupt  /ˈbaNGkˌrəpt/ adjective: bankrupt (of a person or organization) declared in law unable to...

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January 6, 2019

The previous post dealt with a proposal to address the issue of our debt, laying...

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January 5, 2019

Long before I was elected to the House, I’ve been talking about Illinois’ pension crisis...

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January 5, 2019

With more than $7 billion of unpaid bills and (depending on who you ask) $130-$200...

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January 1, 2019

It’s January 1, and we’re a little over a week from starting a new General...

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February 18, 2018

Governor Rauner certainly got everyone’s attention last week when he proposed that the employer’s share...

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February 16, 2018

“If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.” – Herbert Stein’s Law   In...

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January 28, 2018

Pensions are now cutting into essential services. This needs to be fixed, and there are...

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August 10, 2017

As Nancy Pelosi famously said during the Obamacare debate: “(W)e have to pass the bill...

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August 2, 2017

The Governor has issued an amendatory veto to Senate Bill 1, and the gnashing of...

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July 30, 2017

As I said in my previous post, my problem with SB 1 is the fact...

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