Darin Lahood supports sending more money to Ukraine

The “war” has been going on for more than 1 year. Biden has prevented peace talks. https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/08/biden-admin-nudging-led-ukraine-to-drop-putin-condition-for-peace-talks-00065679 Meanwhile, we are funding salaries and pensions for people in Ukraine – I believe the total is up to $130 billion with no accountability or transparency on who’s pocket our money ended up in. Ukraine is a corrupt […]

Affordable Housing guilt trip

By:  Diane Benjamin Here’s the latest craze in Bloomington-Normal:  If you can’t afford local housing prices, government has a responsibility to help you. Nothing about personal responsibility.  Nothing about doing whatever it takes to support yourself.  Wealth redistribution is the obvious answer.  It’s immaterial if a permanent underclass of people living on subsidies is created […]

Fruin: Why we are bankrupt

By:  Diane Benjamin The statement in the video below has been bothering me since Fruin uttered it at November 10th City Council meeting. It only took one minute and 5 seconds for Fruin to spell out why the State of Illinois and the country are effectively bankrupt, please watch it before reading on: . First, […]

No joke: Eighteen

By:  Diane Benjamin Obviously another lie, add it to the list. Over Thanksgiving the country hit $18 Trillion in debt – up over 70% under Obama. Just paying the interest is sucking money from the economy.  Interest rates are now low, what happens when they increase? State and local governments can’t wait to grab Federal […]