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Denis Byrne sends up the “Political Class”
We respectfully disagree with one part of Denis Byrne’s argument. We think BOTH parties require a “Constitutional Jolt”
Democratic leaders need constitutional jolt
Why do Illinois Democrats keep voting for those clowns of theirs?
They’d probably reply that their clowns are a cut above the Republican clowns, and they may be right. But that still leaves the [...]
Can a Constitutional Convention Save the Pension System?
One of the chief arguments against a constitutional convention is that “they” will take
away the pensions. In fact, there are some proponents (chiefly business groups) that
advocate scrapping the pension system because it is a large part of the state’s debt. To be
fair, in about 10 years, the state’s pension obligations threaten the solvency of the [...]
