(Op.-Ed. Piece from 41st District State Representative Grant Wehrli (R-Naperville, submitted to the Chicago Tribune.)
A few days ago, state Rep. Sam Yingling, D-Grayslake, wrote a Tribune commentary accusing Gov. Bruce Rauner of not caring about the people of Illinois and state government’s role in serving their needs. I’m here today to disagree. To borrow the opening construction my colleague used in attacking the governor:
Mike Madigan doesn’t care. That’s the conclusion I’ve come to after serving in the General Assembly since early 2015.
It has been clear that he doesn’t care about the financial well-being of the residents and businesses of Illinois since he first took office in 1971. Unbalanced budgets, chronic overspending, increased debt load, underfunded pension schemes and expansion of entitlement programs have left Illinoisans paying one of the highest overall tax burdens of all 50 states. And it is still not enough to pay for his reckless ways. Madigan doesn’t care.
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