Diana Sroka Rickert tried to see what could be done to fix Illinois state government from the inside, but what she learned in the process was that too many people on the inside were more concerned about their own selfish pursuits than in making Illinois's state government work for the people.
No tax increase or government spending plan can fix human greed if it is unrestrained by self-control (which is another word for self-governance).
No tax increase or government spending plan can fix human greed if it is unrestrained by self-control (which is another word for self-governance).
"What I learned this summer is that one person, one team, one governor or one term is not enough to fix Illinois.
The state’s massive pension problem, its high taxes, its failure to take care of those most in need, the mass exodus of people and businesses — these are problems in their own right. But they’re also symptoms of a much larger problem: that Illinois government is inextricably broken, in every way, at every level."