Cut Spending First

T.R. attend the Lake County Republican Central Committee meeting Monday night to hear from State Senator Bill Brady and State Senator Dan Duffy. Both men said the Republicans in the State Legislature are united about not raising taxes before spending is cut back. But the Democrats seem not to hear them or the public complaint of higher taxes in a bad economy. Brady & Duffy both want to balance the state budget with cuts to new spending programs and lower spending for existing state programs. Sen. Brady insisted that Republicans sticking to their conservative principles can win elections and turn this state around. The Democrats just don't seem to listen, they just passed a new program to give grants to released felons who have been jailed for at least ten years to start up new businesses. Some might call that pouring money down a rat hole, I call that typical Chicago Democrat spending.