Debt and Taxes

By: Diane Benjamin A 1% Sales Tax increase will be on the April 1st ballot. An organized effort to defeat it needs to start now. Your property taxes will not go down. Schools soak up every dime they can and just change the rules on producing education results. Can you afford more taxes? https://www.usdebtclock.org If […]

When local governments celebrate grants . . .

By: Diane Benjamin Both the Federal government and Illinois spend more money than they collect. Every grant celebrated isn’t “bringing home the bacon”, it’s destroying your future prosperity by devaluing the dollar. Like inflation? Unlike responsible citizens that live within their means, government doesn’t. Click the link for more facts, especially the numbers government reports […]

4 things you need to know

By: Diane Benjamin 1) ISU has announced the speaker for their annual MLK Cultural Dinner: Yusef Salaam. He was one of the five convicted of a rape and murder in New York City decades ago. After many years in prison all 5 were exonerated thanks to DNA technology that wasn’t available in 1989. Read more […]