Isobel Michaud
132 posts
@michaud_izzy
Kindness and Common Sense Win the Day
Congrats, Illinois, on winning the one title no state should ever want: highest combined state and local tax burden in the country. A median household forks over $13,099 a year straight to Springfield and City Hall. That’s 16.5% of every dollar earned and $4,472 (52%) above the national average. Yet as lawmakers scramble through budget talks, progressives demand even more tax hikes on billionaires and corporations. You revel in the spending spree while working Illinoisans get bled dry by brutal property taxes, punishing sales taxes, and every creative fee you invent. Other states look like bargains by comparison. Keep squeezing us dry. At this rate, you’ll have the highest taxes on an empty state. Source: @illinoispolicy
Define brazen …
Illinois’ 4th Congressional District should have its place in the Gerrymandering Hall of Fame. At times, parts of the district were barely wider than a city block. It's a Democrat +17 stronghold. For decades it looked like a pair of earmuffs. Two Hispanic Chicago neighborhoods stitched together by a comically thin strip. The Economist roasted it as one of the ugliest districts in America. No Republican has won since the Cold War. When one party draws the maps, how do you fix something that looks like a toddler hurled spaghetti at the wall?
Join us as we further discuss Safety in Illinois and the SafeT Act failures with @Mendrick4Gov - DuPage County Sheriff Set a reminder for my upcoming Space! twitter.com/i/spaces/1lKQR…
Today, we launched the AI Registered Apprenticeship Innovation Portal, a one-stop resource to help organizations build AI literacy and develop AI-focused apprenticeship programs. Under @POTUS’ leadership, we’re positioning American Workers to lead in the age of AI 🇺🇸 dol.gov/newsroom/relea…
When will supporters of the Safe-T Act admit that it is failing to keep us safe?
@RepJeffries Is this what Congressional Democrats call "fair"?
Illinois Democrats want to gerrymander Illinois even further into the ground.
Her base salary as a legislator was just under $70k when she left in 2019. Her leadership stipend pushed her over $100k, maybe even to $120k. So, it seems that seven years out of office her pension was about 15-40% more than her final salary. And that's how a state goes broke.
