This site and this organization are firmly convicted of the superiority of Constitutionally-consistent balanced government: a system of government with a faithful division of powers wherein the domestic affairs of Americans are handled by the units of government closest to them. If the principle of rightly-operating government wasn’t enough, there is a compelling economic basis as well: local governments have to operate under balanced budgets. Read more »
The standoff in Wisconsin between the state’s Republican Governor and the opposition party’s minority in the Legislature is instructive for so many reasons, but none more so than this: the Democrats fleeing the state raises a troubling question, and answers it. What is the legislator’s obligation; what is his or her job and how should they fulfill their duty? Read more »
Residents of Illinois will recognize the following stories more for the general sense that they happen here, and are not uncommon, rather than the specifics; these just happen to be two stories in the news this week. Read more »
As the Chicago area braces for a major snowstorm, it is only fitting that we discuss bracing ourselves for a storm of our own making. This storm is more serious than a blizzard, for it has in its character the ability to hamper economic recovery and growth for multiple generations. Taxes, which are a manifestation of how the public views the role and the responsibilities of government, have reached a new “low” by reaching a new high. The time has come to consider radical and permanent changes in how taxes are levied, collected, and the resulting consequences to the operations of government. Read more »
Perhaps this is using a little hyperbole to make a point, but could this common phrase “under new management” one day apply to our state government? Could it one day apply to local units of government? If each unit of government has specific responsibilities, what happens when a unit of government fails? Read more »