I've been very engaged in Illinois and Chicago civic activities for a long time; mostly around building businesses and helping entrepreneurs grow companies, but also around education and education reform.
The tax money belongs to the taxpayers. It doesn't belong to the bureaucracy. And government is not a welfare system.
The critical thing is that we have to reduce the tax burden.
The people of Illinois sent me to Springfield to end the era of unbalanced budgets and runaway debt.
Government unions should not be allowed to influence the public officials they are lobbying, and sitting across the bargaining table from, through campaign donations and expenditures.
We have to reduce the tax burden, whether it's income tax for corporations or private individuals, and we should put a freeze on property taxes.
