The Circus Is In Town

Well, it's that time of year.  The circus is back in town.  No, I am not talking about the Ringling Bros. Circus, though it is also in town.  I am talking about the political circus.  This circus has only two rings.  The democrat and the other democrats. 

On one side we have Pat Quinn - he has been part of the Blago bunch, spending our state into bankruptcy.  Now he is on the television talking about how he is the only choice for Illinois because he cares about the people.  He is going to put a chicken in every pot, give health care to every sick person and a free home to every man, woman and child.  His opponent?  According to Quinn, he is the devil.  He promotes back alley abortions, satan worship and every sort of inhumanity.

On the other side, you have Alexi Giannoulias.  What can be said about this man?  To say anything objective takes a much bigger man than I.  He is on television talking about how Mark Kirk would be a bad choice for the state.  He talks about how Mark Kirk is all about taking care of the rich and depriving the poor.  He accuses Mark Kirk of patronizing his lobbyist cronies. 

Here we have four candidates - Patrick Quinn, Bill Brady, Alexi Giannoulias, Mark Kirk.  Two are running for a position to lead our state from the governors mansion and two to represent the state in Washington D.C.

Bill Brady is a career politician.  He is part of the same ole, same old.  He, in all likelihood will not be the best choice for governor in this state, not because he does not know what needs to be done, he does know.  He talks about it on his commercials.  Cut taxes and cut the heck out of spending.  Because he is an insider, he is not likely to do what needs to be done.  He is not the best choice, but he is the best choice from the two likely winners, particularly because I am not running.  There are two other positive characteristics about Bill Brady - He worked for Ronald Reagan (maybe he learned something) and he is not a Chicago politician!!!

One thing is certain about the governors race, Patrick Quinn is not the choice!  Our state is spiraling into insolvency, unemployment in this once, highly marketable state, is among the highest in the nation.  We boast over 10% unemployment - and this does not include the number of people that stopped looking for work.  Take the military out and we are probably looking at a true unemployment rate of about 19%.  In addition, businesses are fleeing the state in droves, looking for new places to open where taxes are less punitive.  You see, corporations are not against paying taxes, they just do not want to be punished for operating here.  During two years of operating a small business in Illinois under Blago, my corporate taxes tripled, my sales taxes increased by 1% and by profit went from a mere 1% (good for a restaurant in Illinois) to a loss of 24% the year I closed - all attributable to tax increases, minimum wage increases and other punitive fees imposed by the Blago administration. How will a state make money if small businesses cannot succeed to pay taxes?  This is economics 101.

Now, let's look at Alexi Giannoulias.  Let me first say that I am not a fan of Mark Kirk.  This is an election where I will have to hold my nose to vote.  Mark Kirk is the least conservative a conservative can be and still call himself conservative.  Having said this, Alexi deserves to serve in only one kind of federal building - it has bars.  This man is a hoodlum.  His gangster activities would make Al Capone look like a boy scout.  He gave loans to organized crime.  He spent college savings and left parents with nothing for the kids and watched his fraudulent family bank get taken over by the federal government.  His reply?  He was not actively working for the bank at the time.  Come on!  Who do you think you are kidding?  How about this for a question?  Why doesn't Mark Kirk or someone from the media ask Alexi why a punk like him is screwing with this office?  Afraid of being called negative?  Is it better that he keeps bilking people out of their life savings?  The guy is a punk.  He is a lying, cheating, thieving, gangster punk!  He has no business representing the state in D.C. and the last thing the other terrorist gangster punk in the White House needs is one of his buddies to go hangin with on a Friday night.  No good can come from that.

Be sure to get out and vote.  Keep the circus where it belongs - under the tent.