Articles By Author Steve Stanek
Articles by Steve Stanek
03/16/2010 12:00 AM
A leaked memo obtained by blogger Adam Brickley at http://rightosphere.com reveals Democrats on Capitol Hill are bracing for "tens of thousands" ...(read more)
02/28/2010 12:00 AM
So it's come to this: The Civic Federation recommends the largest tax increase in Illinois history because financial "doomsday" is upon us."Illinois' ...(read more)
02/23/2010 12:00 AM
So it’s come to this: The Civic Federation recommends the largest tax increase in Illinois history because financial “doomsday” is upon ...(read more)
02/18/2010 12:00 AM
States had $1 trillion of unfunded liabilities for government workers’ pensions, healthcare and other retirement benefits at the end of fiscal year ...(read more)
02/16/2010 12:00 AM
A package of 10 auto insurance reform bills proffered by Michigan lawmakers would create a massive new regulatory bureaucracy, raise insurance rates, and ...(read more)
02/14/2010 12:00 AM
Few historians have the chance to write a history of something no one else has ever written about.For Brian Domitrovic, an assistant professor of history ...(read more)
02/12/2010 12:00 AM
Congress might approve spending bills, but it’s the president’s budget that initially grabs headlines. Big headlines greeted President Obama’s ...(read more)
02/05/2010 12:00 AM
President Barack Obama Tuesday (Feb. 2, 2010) introduced his budget for next fiscal year. To put it into perspective, consider this: The estimated budget ...(read more)
02/03/2010 12:00 AM
President Barack Obama was correct last week when he said, “There is no reason why other countries can build high-speed rail lines and we can’t.”We ...(read more)
01/17/2010 12:00 AM
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Tom Hoenig issued a warning yesterday about where the nation’s economy is headed, a warning that calls ...(read more)
01/15/2010 12:00 AM
When our government stops pretending, it’s time to stop believing.At the height of economic hysteria near the end of the Bush years and now through ...(read more)
01/13/2010 12:00 AM
Annual reports for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac used to declare, “Neither company has received any taxpayer dollars. In addition, no taxpayer funds ...(read more)
01/13/2010 12:00 AM
One in eight Americans, including one in four children, now receive government-subsidized food stamps, a record high.The food stamp program, now called ...(read more)
01/10/2010 12:00 AM
John Gann has driven hundreds of thousands of miles during his many years as a community and economic development consultant, and he has become convinced ...(read more)
12/30/2009 12:00 AM
Apparently no 2-by-4 of reality to the head or boot of common sense to the behind can penetrate the minds of starry-eyed government officials who believe ...(read more)
12/30/2009 12:00 AM
Apparently no shuttered factory, half-built real estate development or bankrupt sports arena can convince starry-eyed local government officials that taxpayer ...(read more)
12/15/2009 12:00 AM
The Federal Reserve in December released data showing credit card debt fell for the 13th consecutive month in October.Revolving credit, most of which is ...(read more)
12/15/2009 12:00 AM
Casino tax revenues in Illinois are going up in smoke, apparently because of the state’s ban on smoking cigarettes in public places, according to ...(read more)
12/15/2009 12:00 AM
One of the most-criticized U.S. Supreme Court decisions in recent history is now linked with one of the biggest economic development failures in history.Pharmaceutical ...(read more)
12/01/2009 12:00 AM
Legislation to limit credit card interchange fees, also called “swipe” fees, is moving through Congress, cheering some consumer and retail groups ...(read more)
11/20/2009 12:00 AM
How could we all have been so blind! The solution to all of our economic woes has been hiding in plain sight. It’s in the House health care overhaul ...(read more)
11/12/2009 12:00 AM
One of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history is now linked with one of the worst economic development failures in history. We should not be ...(read more)
11/11/2009 12:00 AM
With taxes on beer, wine, and spirits in Illinois having jumped nearly 25 to 90 percent, depending on the item, on September 1, buyers of alcoholic ...(read more)
11/09/2009 12:00 AM
Despite its high profile and popularity among thousands of Americans, the “Cash for Clunkers” program had its problems. Dealers complained of ...(read more)
09/23/2009 12:00 AM
By Steve StanekCentral planning failed in the Soviet Union, is still failing in Cuba, and is being phased out in China, but it apparently remains alive—though ...(read more)
