Stop Government Waste So We Can Lower Costs for Working Families

Working families are being crushed in Illinois. They just can’t afford to live here anymore.

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Young people looking to buy their first home and start their families can’t even afford a starter home in Illinois, and seniors are being taxed out of their family homes full of memories of their kids and grandkids. People are having to choose between paying for their medication or paying their electric bill. Working families are racking up tens of thousands of dollars of credit card debt just to survive. Businesses can’t afford to hire, forcing them to shrink and survive. Entrepreneurs are giving up on their dreams.

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It doesn’t have to be this way. The people of Illinois deserve better.

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It won’t get better if one of my opponents is elected Comptroller. At a recent forum, every single one of them voiced support for raising taxes even more on Illinois working families. They’ve all either directly raised property taxes or voted for billions of dollars of tax increases. Some even said the latest record-high, $55.1 billion state budget didn’t tax or spend enough.

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The only way we’re going to be able to reduce the amount of money we’re taking from working families in Illinois is by forcing government to live within its means.

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As I travel throughout Illinois, I ask taxpayers, “Do you think the state is spending your money wisely?” Typically, they laugh. Not a single person has ever said yes. But then many hopelessly ask, “What can we do about it? That’s just the way it is.”

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I refuse to believe there is nothing we can do about it. We should expect better from our government. That’s why I’m running for Illinois Comptroller. 

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When government wastes money, it doesn’t waste Democrat dollars or Republican dollars. It doesn’t waste Black or white dollars. It doesn’t waste gay or straight dollars. When government wastes money, it wastes everyone’s money.

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It’s time we stopped Springfield from wasting our tax dollars.

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As a small business owner, I’ve had to find efficiencies and stretch every dollar to make payroll. As an attorney, I’ve represented local governments and helped sniff out fraud and waste. I’ve done divorce law and had to deal with people hiding money and spending it in nefarious ways. And as a husband and father, I’ve had to find ways to do more with less in our family’s budget, just like every other working family in Illinois.

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I am well prepared to be the voice for working families in Illinois. I am ready to fight on your behalf to make Illinois a good steward of your tax dollars.