Michael1942's Blog

The State of Illinois has proposed raising taxes, taxes is how states are run. When the government mismanages funds collected from the people then increasing taxes is ludicrous. The state leaders (Congress) has not seen fit to link themselves to the people they serve by sharing the pain of pay reductions. Each year the Congress receives a pay increase regardless of the fiscal situation. The Congress treats issues that affect the state as a whole in a microcosm of their service(?) area. The Congress appears to be in perpetual state of “knee jerk” as issues arise, so what is happening during the regularly scheduled sessions? Let us not forget the “overtime sessions “to do work that could have been done in the regular session. The voters have the right to remove legislators but only at election times after being bombarded with ads and other media blitzes. These onslaughts serve to confuse and anger the public into a “point and shoot” method of voting.
It is in the best interest of the people to remove ineffective legislators based on their actions and not on their public images generated in the media. We still have a half empty multimillion dollar prison the generates little (if any) revenue for its community. It is apparently easy to issue press releases stating your political platform but not so easy to carry out that agenda. If the Congress wants the support of the people, they will need to get out of the “HUTA” club. A TV ad or yard sign never made a life altering legislative decision.