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Illinois manufacturing continues to lag

By Mark Fitton
12/21/2015
illinois-manufacturing
Noting some hard numbers from November, Illinois manufacturers say they’re watching Springfield for decisions on taxes and spending as they keep battling in a worldwide marketplace. While Illinois gained a few jobs in November, they weren’t in manufacturing. Although the state added about 400 jobs in November, the unemployment rate rose 0.3 percentage points to...

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Preview: ObamaCare at the Supreme Court

By Jonathan Ingram
03/22/2012
Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the ObamaCare litigation. The case, Florida v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, pits the Obama administration against a bipartisan group of twenty-six states and the National Federation of Independent Businesses. Two other states, Oklahoma and Virginia, are part of separate lawsuits also aimed at undoing...

ObamaCare headed to Supreme Court

11/14/2011
by Jonathan Ingram There’s good news for those of us who love liberty. Earlier this morning, the Supreme Court announced that it would hear the constitutional challenges to ObamaCare. These are the challenges brought by 26 states and the National Federation of Independent Business. The biggest question, of course, is whether the federal government can force everyone to purchase...

Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Strikes Down Obamacare’s Individual Mandate

08/12/2011
by Jonathan Ingram Illinois cannot afford Obamacare. The Medicaid expansion in Obamacare is expected to increase Illinois’s Medicaid spending to $10.2 billion by 2030. This represents a 77 percent increase over 2008 spending. Illinois already faces a spending crisis, particularly within Medicaid, and the Comptroller reports even longer delays for payments to doctors and hospitals treating Medicaid patients are...

1099 Requirement Makes a Comeback?

01/31/2011
Obama's recently released budget proposal includes a retooled version of the infamous 1099 tax reporting requirement in ObamaCare.

False Stats to Cause Misery for Small Businesses

09/04/2010
by Ashley Muchow The economy has proved to be the most important topic in politics today.  Rightfully so.  Come the end of last month, U.S. unemployment stood at 9.6%.  Economic activity left much to be desired as GDP rose 1.6% in the second quarter of 2010, compared to a 3.6% increase in the first. Naturally, Washington feels obliged...

Obamacare: It Really Is a Tax!

07/20/2010
by Joseph O’Malley Do you remember when President Obama pledged that he wouldn’t raise taxes on anyone making less than $250,000 a year? Or his argument with George Stephanopoulos in which he claimed the individual mandate isn’t a tax? Now the Obama Administration is arguing that the individual mandate is a tax! What is the reason for this sudden flip...