Frederic Bastiat https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:56:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg Frederic Bastiat https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 The Importance of Retaking Institutions https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/03/the-importance-of-retaking-institutions/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 12:00:22 +0000 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=28983 Written by Victor Joecks

Lasting political change doesn’t come from winning elections but reshaping institutions.

On Feb. 26, Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and owner of The Washington Post, issued a stunning announcement.

“I’m writing to let you know about a change coming to our opinion pages,” he wrote on X. “We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets.”

Yes, that’s the same Washington Post editorial board that attacked Donald Trump last year for promising tax cuts and reduced regulations.… Continue Reading

]]> 28983 Leftists Believe That All Our Earnings, Like Our Children, Belong To The Government https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2021/11/leftists-believe-that-all-our-earnings-like-our-children-belong-to-the-government/ Mon, 01 Nov 2021 12:00:55 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=18328 Written by Robert Knight

Remember when Democrats proposed in their multi-trillion spendathon that the IRS would track all transactions of $600 or more in personal bank accounts?

Well, they took a licking from the public, so they upped it to a still-absurd $10,000 in total yearly transactions.

This means they want the IRS prowling into bank accounts of everyone who has either deposits or withdrawals over an entire year totaling $10,000 or more, excluding wage income.… Continue Reading

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