Pritzker enacts new state agency some worry has unknown taxpayer cost – Center Square

While he supported the measure, state Rep. Steven Reick, R-Woodstock, worried it will add to the size of state government. “As H.L. Mencken said, ‘the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed and clamoring for safety by creating a series of hobgoblins most of them imaginary,” Reick said.
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chris
1 year ago

Please people are begging……….VOTE OUT THESE DEMS-RADICALS BEFORE IT GET WORSE!!!!!!!!!!! One of the squad lost last night to a moderate dem……it can be done one at a time

Hello, Indiana!
1 year ago

“ You’ll find out what’s in the bill after you pass it “ Nancy Pelosi once said.

Brian Jones
1 year ago

Yeah, like the Florida state Elections Police.

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