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Jh Tima: chai hart cm br chai miOnly by becoming part o the cultural dialogue can we make the ecosystem ripe or ree enterprise policies to take root.

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Th batt r Riht t Wrk i a marath, t a pritMackinac Center or Public Policy President Joseph Lehman outlines what it takes to win the fght or Right to Work.

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Bcmi a mmbr th Iii Pic Ititt i a itmt i rmeprt ptiht: Jatha IramJonathan Ingram is the director o health policy and pension reorm at the Illinois Policy Institute

About usThe Illiis Plic Istitute ispies chaes i heats, mids ad laws thuh its missi t pmte pesaleedm ad pspeit i Illiis ad Ameica. As a leadi idepedet, 501(c)(3) eseach ad educati aizati, theIstitute eeates psitive ad sustaiable plic slutis citizes ad lawmakes that help uleash talet adetepeeuial abilit.

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eitr tDaiel Ath | Edit-i-ChiePeple te ask us i Illiis is a lst cause. Ad while we eulal have t delive bad ews whe it cmes t Illiis eativeecmic utlk, we cetail dt thik the state is hpeless. I act, we thik w is the time t bet Illiis. We see thestates aud Illiis that have aced simila challees ad w, ad we see etepeeus i Illiis cmpeti t make thestate eat aai. This editi Cmpass lks at these examples ad sme the eal peple wh ae betti Illiis.Hee ae sme the hihlihts m this issue ad u upcmi wk:

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oe the Illiis Plic Istitutesmst imptat espsibilitiesis cecti the dts i theplitical climate, cultue ad plicdevelpmets. As the dust settledm the 2012 electi, it becamepaiull clea that pessives ad

csevataias have take twdiveet stateic paths ad thatpessives ae wii.

John Tillman Changing hearts

comes before changing minds.

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Thees aui that emesi Illiis ace a uphill battle. Butits wiable especiall whee csides that states suchas Wiscsi ad Michia tl a wee i simila situatis.Plic victies will t cme eas,

but emes shuld take heat ikwi maj em ad ecmicevival Illiis culd be just audthe ce. nw culd be the time tstat betti Illiis.

Diana Rickert Betting on Illinois

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The Illiis news netwk is a ewpject the Illiis Plic Istitutethat shwcases maj ivestiatis waste, aud ad abuse thuhutstate vemet.

Sme u latest wk icludes:

Uncovering state disability pensionabuse: recd umbes pliceces ad ehtes with miijuies ae etii eal with ulldisabilit pesis. The Illiis newsnetwk ivestiates the law thatallws this t take place, hw cutshave misitepeted it ad what thismeas taxpaes acss Illiis.

Saying no to pensions: Iceasiumbes lawmakes ae eusit take pesis themselves, a

statemet sel-sacice i the midst Illiis scal cisis. I Febua, Inntld eades which lawmakes said t pesis ad which didt.

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Changing hearts comes beore changing mindsJh Tillma | CEo

oe the Illiis Plic Istitutes mst imptat espsibilities is cectithe dts i the plitical climate, cultue ad plic develpmets. As the dustsettled m the 2012 electi, it became paiull clea that pessives adcsevataias have take tw diveet stateic paths ad that pessivesae wii.

o e side the spectum, the Pessive Mvemet has l bee deepl,badl ad eletlessl eaed i chai cultue as a pedicate t chailaws. Thuh this state, the plitical pcess becmes ipe the cultue

pessives wish t cdi it law.

o the the side the spectum is the Csevataia Mvemet. The temcsevataia ees t the smetimes ueas alliace betwee csevativesad libetaias, als kw as classical libeals. This mvemet has l used theplitical pcess t cdi it law the cultue it thiks shuld exist. Csevataiast te t t impse slutis cultue thuh law. Thus, the plitical pcessis te t ipe ad csevataia cadidates ad plicies udepem elativet the pptuit available.

Pessives ae wii the ht because the use disimati campais tceate the cultue that best ts thei plic aeda. Withut a udestadi this state, sme the psitis Pesidet Baack obama ad his allies take

ma t make sese at st. Sme the pessives mst successul cultualcampais iclude lauae such as:

You didnt build that, ad the accmpai idea that e pes ws theiw success but athe is pat cllective success.

Millionaires and billionaires need to pay their fair share, ad all theattedat class waae aumets.

We dont have a spending problem, as Pesidet obama said t HuseSpeake Jh Behe dui the 2012 scal cli etiatis.

ou side delihted i the u didbuild that cmmet, seei it as amisstep ad a chik i obamas amBut the pesidet ad his allies aemaki a case, t just the 2012electi ccle, but a l-temht. Thei case is simple idividuasuccess is built the wk scietas a whle. Pessives believe

that public ivestmets i educatiiastuctue, vemet vetueudi ad me all ceate the scietacditis ecessa idividuasuccess.

Jh Tillma | CEo



The believe these public ivestmetsae a pedicate t u success. Thispublic, cllective ivestmet meas thatthe public has a iht t shae i uicme ad wealth. Ate all, u didt build that we all built it tethe,

ad thus we all have a claim t the valueceated.

This ccept, t put it diectl, isthe basis up which a vemetdests the ve idea the udipiciples. Ce t the udi thiscut is the idea that the idividual issveei ve thei vemet. Cet the pessive idea abve is thatthee is shaed sveeit ad thestate has a mal claim t the uits u lab bed utie taxati aswe have l udestd it.

Udestadi these ccepts iscitical t ecizi the pessive

case ad thei visi sweepi cultual ad plitical shits. As u bsevecultue ad plitical discuse these das, liste these daeus themest cect the dts betwee what pessives sa ad hw this leads t theidesied plitical utcme:

Capitalism ad the udi piciples as iiall evisied wked

well a ve l time, but i a mde ecm ad cultue the ae wutdated ad must be adjusted.

ol the vemet ca be the ai abite allcati pptuit adcapital. We cat leave it t the ivisible had that is aili the p adceati such teible icme dispait.

We ae a ich cut with all the me we eed t slve u eatpblems, but the ich have had a uai advatae ad must shae theiwealth b ivesti i the public d all peple.

ou eat challee i Illiis is t d the aumets ad sties that cute thisdisimati campai b the pessives. We have much t d. yu supptis cucial because the plitical establishmet is cmpletel upepaed i act,uawae what is eall at stake.

The Illiis Plic Istitute is wki had eve da t psiti csevataiast ultimatel wi this ht. ol b becmi pat the cultual dialue ca wemake the ecsstem ipe u ee etepise plicies t take t.

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1. a: Csevataias ae pat the Cete-

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etepise, scall csevative plic with

the al ceati limited vemet.

b: rees t the smetimes ueas alliace

betwee csevatives ad libetaias,

als kw as classical libeals.



Whethe the issue is vemetemplee cmpesati cpatewelae, the Illiis Plic Istitute hasa eputati advaci a picipledpublic plic aeda.

I act, e plitical bseve ecetlcalled us a equal-pptuit slae saced cws. I wea that as a bade h.

We ca speak tuth t pwe i bthSpield ad Chica because weet depedet vemet udi,

ui haduts plitical avs u acial ctiuace.

The Illiis Plic Istitute existsbecause idividuals like u shae theudi piciples ee etepisead pesal espsibilit.

yu ivestmet allws u plic aduteach teams t aessivel advacethse ideas. Hw? B multipli thema chaels thuh which we ca

pmte u messae. Thaks t u, wee eachi me peple i pesthuh taditial media ad lie tha eve bee.

yu suppt allws us t ivest i a tp-tch uteach team atthe Statehuse that demads that lawmakes d the iht thi

yu suppt makes pssible a amazi media team that esuesthe libet vice is iceasil head via TV, adi ad pit

yu suppt makes available a cutti-ede diital state iitiative teach ad activate peple thuh scial media.

Tethe, these ivestmets allw us t eect eal chae i Spield adelsewhee thuhut Illiis.

yu ca multipl u impact b becmi a membe the Istitute. yull bejii idividuals such as Watt McIte Wdide ad Bb Pdlasek Spield wh ae passiate abut tui Illiis aud thuh pliciesthat pmte eedm ad ecmic pspeit.

Watt McIte cected with the Istitute via Twitte @illiisplic addecided t becme a membe.

I believe that wee at a ecmic tui pit, ad wee bei supassedb the states that have less t e tha Illiis. We eed t d u pat ttu that tide back twad us, Watt said. With evethi that is i

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it seemed like a d time t ji as amembe. I was ve impessed with the

Istitutes wk.

Bb Pdlasek has suppted the IlliisPlic Istitute peviusl ad decidedt upade his level suppt.

Whe u see Fbes maazie listIlliis as e 11 states i a deathspial, u kw it is seius. We eedt d smethi, Bb said. TheIstitute is a ivaluable asset t thestate Illiis ad t citizes lki tmake a dieece.

I hpe ull ji Watt ad Bb ishwi u suppt b becmi amembe.

ou wi d base has allwed ust icease u talet capacit, which itu allws us t take ew, biepjects with the ed al chaivastl me mids, heats ad laws.

Stppi ake pesi em, hldi obamaCaes implemetati,itduci hudeds muicipalities t impved lie taspaec, sheddiliht vemet uis plitical pwe u make all this pssible.

Ctiued wth will l stethe u impact. Ae u ead t chaeIlliis? We ae.

Ej eadi the Cmpass? Well s be cveti uquatel maazie t a subscipti basis as pat umembeship iitiative. Membes wh ji at the basic level $25 will ctiue t eceive the Cmpass. Sta up t

date with the latest develpmets i the libet mvemet becme a membe at illiisplic./date.

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Brian CostinDirector o Government Reorm@biacsti

Matthew PaprockiSenior Director o Government Aairs@mtpapcki

Daniel AnthonyVice President o Marketing & Communication@daielathIL

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Diana RickertDirector o Media Relations@diaa_icket

Jonathan IngramDirector o Health Policy & Pension Reorm@iamlaw

Ted DabrowskiVice President o Policy@ilpliski

Jonathan GreenbergVice President o External Relations

@eebejlJosh DwyerDirector o Education Reorm@jshuajdwe

Paul KerseyDirector o Labor Policy@paulkeseIL

Benjamin VanMetreSenior Budget & Tax Policy Analyst@plicva

Follow usJames Madis ce wte, The iht eel examii public chaactes admeasues, ad ee cmmuicati am the peple thee ... has eve beejustl deemed the l eectual uadia eve the iht.

As citizes, we te becme ustated because we eel like lawmakes ae tlistei. Twitte ives us the abilit t make u vices head. Membes ucmmuit ask questis, shae thei ideas, tell sties ad appl pessue tlawmakes i Spield a dail ad te hul basis.

Twitte has allwed the Illiis Plic Istitute t eae with u cmmuit likeeve bee. At the ed 2012, we aveaed eal 20,000 iteactis with

me tha 10,000 uique uses. T date, @illiisplic has a cmmuit eal20,000 llwes.

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Th pi rrm pa t pt Iii back trackTed Dabwski | Vice Pesidet Plic

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F eas, Illiis lawmakes have bee uable t slve the states pesi cisis

ad pa dw its backl upaid bills.

o Thusda, Feb. 28, the Illiis Plic Istitute shwed gv. Pat Qui ad thegeeal Assembl the wa.

At pess ceeces i Spield ad Chica, the Illiis Plic Istituteeleased its 10-pit pla t slve the pesi cisis, pa dw the states $9.3billi backl bills ad epeal the 2011 icme tax hike.

State rep. Tm Mis, r-Palatie, jied the Illiis Plic Istitute i its ett em pesis, spsi Huse Bill 3303,the leislati cespdi tthe pesi em pla.

The problem: Illiis has the wst-uded pesi sstems i the ati. Theuuded liabilit cuetl stads at me tha $96 billi accdi t cialvemet umbes, ad that umbe ws b $21 milli eve da lawmakesail t eact em. The pblem at the t Illiis pesi cisis is theumaaeable, usustaiable deed beet sstem.

Our solution: The l wa t ed Illiis pesi cisis is t empwe vemetwkes b tasitii beets all utue wk t a deed ctibutisstem. The Illiis Plic Istitutes sluti cuts uuded pesi debt i halad icludes a deed ctibuti pla as the mai pilla its ems whileptecti alead-eaed beets vemet wkes.

Why this works:This is the l ppsal that ultimatel slves Illiis pesi

cisis. This pla als mdeizes the states etiemet sstem b elimiatiplitical ctl ad ivi vemet wkes the secue etiemet thedeseve. Ultimatel, these ems este scal de t the state b elimiatiusustaiable pesis ad uuded liabilities. This paves the wa theecm t fuish, stei a evimet whee busiesses ca thive adceate the jbs Illiisas eed.

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Illinois Policy Institute reforms cut state pension contributions by 61% during next 32 years

Contributions to TRS, SURS and SERS under current law and with reform (in billions of dollars)

1. reduces scal ea 2014 uudedliabilit b $46 billi. This 46 peceteducti bis the uuded liabilitdw t $55 billi m $101 billi,the vemets scal ea 2014pjecti.

2. reduces scal ea 2014 statectibutis t $4.7 billi, a eal30 pecet dp m $6.7 billi udecuet law.

3. Ptects cstitutiall uaateedbeets alead eaed b etiees adcuet wkes.

4. Empwes cuet wkes t ctlthei etiemet savis i wadwith 401(k)-stle plas mdeled ate theexisti State Uivesities retiemetSstems 401(a) pla.

5. reduces the states aual pesictibuti b me tha $2 billi ithe st ea ad elimiates the states

uuded liabilit b 2045. Eds theiespsible epamet amp adistead mves t level aual pamets.

6. Feezes cst--livi adjustmetsutil etiemet sstems etu t healthudi levels.

7. Alis the etiemet ae with ScialSecuits etiemet ae while stillptecti wkes wh ae eaietiemet ude cuet law.

8. Pmtes accutabilit adscal espsibilit b equii lcalvemets t pa the emple shae thei emplees etiemet savisplas.

9. Makes vemet wkes etiemetsavis plas ptable, ivi wkesme fexibilit ad eedm t mve theipla m jb t jb.

To learn more about the Institutes pension reormplan, visit illinoispol icy.org/pensionreorm

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Flash wad eal tw decades ad Illiis is a state i cisis. While the stateapples with a $200 billi pesi shtall, the states ae expeieci plicvicties: Wiscsi is pjected t have a budet suplus these ext tw eas.Meawhile, Michia just passed a riht-t-Wk law ad Idiaa has made excuses steali busiesses m ve the bde.

Thees aui that emes i Illiis ace a uphill battle. But its wiable especiall whe e csides that states such as Wiscsi ad Michia tl a wee i simila situatis. Plic victies will t cme eas, but emesshuld take heat i kwi maj em ad ecmic evival Illiis culd bejust aud the ce. nw is the time t stat betti Illiis.

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Br Wakr, hih ta a bi rmt prai i WiciMa peple ae amilia with Act 10,the leislati that Wiscsi gv.Sctt Walke sied i 2011 equiivemet wkes t chip i thei

health cae ad etiemet beets,while ivi them the chice whethet suppt a ui.

Walkes actis made atial ews ad w tw eas late, ae paidivideds. Walke auced i hisJa. 15 State the State addess thatppet taxes ae dw ad the BadeState is pjecti a multimilli-dllabudet suplus.

What is lesse kw ae the plicies

that wee eacted i the decade beeWalke tk ce the es that leadt the $3.6 billi budet shtall thatWalke iheited.

Walkes pedecess was Jim Dle,a Demcat wh pmised thecampai tail t t aise taxes but didthe ppsite ce he t t ce.

The let i Wiscsi t evethi the wated: iceased taxes the ich,massive ew spedi pams ad [the] mtaed u childes utuet pa peset da pams, said Bett Heal, pesidet the McIveIstitute, a ee maket thik tak based i Wiscsi.

Bed Dle, Wiscsi als was hme t a deam team lieup letistsi elected ce. Tm Baett was ma Milwaukee, the laest cit i thestate. A pai pessive state seats russ Feild ad Heb Khl epeseted Wiscsi i the U.S. Seate.

But while the let appeaed t be wii leislative victies i Madis,udwk was bei laid the libet mvemet i the Bade State;aizatis icludi the McIve Istitute, Media Tackes ad the FakliCetes Wiscsi repte all wee established. Da i ad da ut, themade the case that vemet spedi was ut ctl ad me taxeswas t the aswe.

It was clea what wast wki, ad that the status qu was bke, saidSteve Baas, vice pesidet vemet aais at the Metplita MilwaukeeAssciati Cmmece. The wi dissatisacti with the edealvemet dui bth the Bush ad obama eas cmbied with theeiht lst eas lael uddeless malaise the state level let the stateipe a eeetic csevative alteative t ise t pmiece.

The scee was simila a cuple huded miles east i Michia.

Michia: rm rcr mpmt t Riht t WrkI Decembe, Michia became thelatest state t ji the wave labem. Michia gv. rick Sdesied a riht-t-Wk law, ivi allwkes the eedm t chse whethethe wat t suppt a ui at theiwkplace.

But a decade a, such leislatimiht have bee csideed impssible.Michia, hme t the aut idust,

had l bee csideed a uisthld eve i the pivate sect.The state had a dmiat Demcaticpat ad pessives wee i ctl all levels vemet.

Ad as the csevative mvemeti Michia?

Mibud, said Paul Kese, a Michia ative ad ltime lab eme atthe Mackiac Cete Public Plic.

I time, the esults vemet-cetic plicies bea t maiest. As thecut appled with the geat recessi, Michia was hit especiall had.B Auust 2009, the uemplmet ate i the state had climbed t 14.2pecet the hihest i me tha 20 eas. The situati t s bad that ieal 2012, Michia Cessma Hase Clake asked Pesidet Baackobama a edeal bailut Detit.

But emes didt ive up, said Kese, wh w heads the lab plic

depatmet at the Illiis Plic Istitute. The spet eas buildi a base ass-ts csevatives ad limited vemet supptes. The ud addevelped activists wh wee savv ad eaed, ad wh udestd wheethe pessue pits wee.

Mst imptatl, Michia emes eeized a mvemet activists wheused t settle athi less tha what the state eeded ad deseved.

The csevative, limited vemet taditi evived thee, [s] it ca happehee, Kese said. I we ca d that [i Michia], lks will be amazed at thepptuities that will pe up hee i illiis.



Aiza, example, ecetlpassed the Health Cae Feedmamedmet t the state cstituti.This amedmet ptects the ihts Aizas t chse the healthcae that best suits thei eeds.

This plic vict was the esult taxpaes stai alet ad pesistet,said Diae Che, eeal cusel atthe Libet Justice Cete, the IlliisPlic Istitutes public iteest

litiati cete. Che jied the

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A cmplete tuaud Illiis culdstill be e, mabe tw electi cclesawa. But the libet mvemet haswiable battles i the eseeableutue thaks t the let.

The Chica Teaches Ui, CTU,

stike i Septembe 2012 shied abiht liht the eed schlchice t just i Chica, but acssthe state ad atiwide. WhileChica teaches walked the picketlies, emblazed TV sceesacss the cut was the ChicaPublic Schls 40 pecet dputate, ad the statlil hih umbe kids cauht i aili public schls.

The stike the CTU expsed thewaes ad the mpl that teaches

have i the state [S] the state ismvi clse t educati em,said Matt Papcki, sei diect vemet aais at the Istitute.Chate schls i Illiis ae wi.Thee is a pptuit additialwth ad chate udi equit.Alteative, lie leai aveues aeathe aea wth, ad the state Illiis is ve clse pptuitschlaships.

o th cti i, Iii ha athr pprtit t mirrr Wici.

The Walke Class csevative plitical leades bea thei ise t pliticapwe ad elevace i the mid-1990s, Baas said. Fm Walke t Sctt JesePaul ra, Mike Huebsch ad reice Piebus t rbi Vs these ae lks whew up i rald reaas Ameica ad came ae ad cut thei plitical teethi Tmm Thmpss Wiscsi.

I Illiis, libet-dive state lawmakes ae slwl but suel emei m theaks: state rep. Jeae Ives, r-Wheat, was just elected i nvembe, adState rep. Tm Mis, r-Palatie, just w his secd tem.

These ae just a ew the picipled lawmakes wh culd ptetiall help leadthe chae i Illiis me libet-based plic. B maki the case eemaket plic da i ad da ut, ctiuusl seeki pptuities ad activatitaxpaes, Illiis ca ji the aks states ll i back vemet ad estieedm.

Ati-libet ces appea st as idicated b the mst ecet electi esultsHweve, i u lk belw the suace the pptuit t make Illiis a ceteiht state, especiall ecmicall, is thee, Huhes said. It will be dicult, dubt, but i we mashal esuces ad messai ad leadeship aud u cebelies, it is emietl dable.

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Illiis Plic Istitute i 2012 ate a l caee as a tial atte,ad sevi asthe Aiza based gldwate Istitutes sei atte.

Aiza is ee i lae pat because its citizes ae viilat the cvet eedm,Che said. A r ext t smees ame is assuace that he she wilstad limited vemet ad idividual libet.

Illiis is buildi a simila iastuctue a successul libet mvemetMbilizi ad activati taxpaes is a active pat that et. T that edaizatis such as the Illiis opptuit Pject ae eachi ut t taxpaesall acss the state t make the case a bust ee maket i Illiis.

Illiis is t a blue state, especiall issues elated t idividual libet, ecmiceedm ad expadi the le vemet i u dail lives, said Pat Huhesa spkespes with the IoP ad me cadidate U.S. Seate. [But] emi Illiis will cme whe euh pessue is put cehldes, electall thewise, t d what is iht the cstituets istead what is expediet

themselves.

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ou st Betti Illiis stcmes m Ci McFadde, udead we eDp-o, a luxucsimet dp- ad esalesevice specializi i selli desieclthi, hadbas, jewel adaccessies eBa.

Whe McFadde stated he busiesseiht eas a, all she had was$37 ad a thist cmpetiti adsuccess.

Tda, he small busiess has becmea atial cutue csimetpwehuse ad McFadde staedi the 2012 VH1 shw Huse Csimet. McFaddes mtt,cmpetiti keeps me i cditi,uels cstat ivati.

Stati u w busiess is a hadhustle, she said. Its t eas. ButI d what I lve ad thats hw I cad it. Im extemel disciplied admtivated. This cmbiati makes iteas t et up eve sile da t makethe busiess successul.

Utuatel, t evee iIlliis shaes McFaddes thist cmpetiti. ote, wuld-be

etepeeus have a dicult timeetti the ud because thestate Illiis busiess philsph,which embaces special haduts aselect ew ad a txic, ati-cmpetitiattitude that keeps ew busiesses atba.

But McFadde still sees cmpetitias the uel that kick-stats eatess.

Cmpetiti is health, she said. Ithik a lt peple et discuaedad thik, oh, smee is di thesame thi. But with me, thats whatstimulates me.

eDp-o is w selli abut 2,500uique items a week eBa, adMcFadde hied 20 ew emplees

last ea, bii he up t a sta 47. I all, the me e-wma shwhas w me tha 2,000 pecetsice the busiess ceati ad is we the laest eselles i the UitedStates.

Mvi wad, McFadde plas tctiue wi he busiess. Adwhe she thiks abut the utue, italwas icludes Illiis.

I made a cmmitmet t Chica

whe I stated this busiess becauseIm Midwest, she said. I am ivestedi Chica. Im t i awhee matte what cmes abut. I wat twk t make the busiesses see thisas the best place t be.

WATCH: Ci McFadde pesup abut what uels he success.

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lik it r t,tat rmt ha a rm h r ai iMatt Papcki | Sei Diect gvemet Aais

While thee is dei that edeal plitics pla a imptat le i the deesead saet u ati as a whle, the decisis made i Spield ad state

Capitls aud the cut will have the mst esudi impact the evedalives Ameica amilies.

Thats wh the Illiis Plic Istitutes gvemet Aais team is cstatlmiti the Statehuse t ptect u eedm ad aces.

We advcate e simple platm: I a plic iceases the eedm idividuals ad busiesses t pusue pspeit uecumbeed b vemet,we will suppt it. I a plic iceases vemet pwe ve idividuals ad theiee etepise ets, we will ppse it.

o th mt cmm miccpti abt pitic i that r ati capitaha th ratt impact r pra ac a rm. Th rqtrciz act i, ctrar t ppar bi, that r tat capita i th i

th iati that act r ai i th mt.

Spield is the plic-maki cete the state Illiis. It is whee a vte ithe geeal Assembl, a ubeatial diective a ew eulati ca aect theutue the etie state.

Dui the past seveal mths, theactis ad at times the iacti lawmakes i Spield have hadmaj csequeces all Illiisesidets. Sme the mst imptaleislative hihlihts iclude:

The income tax hike fghtDui Jauas lame duck sessi

the Illiis Plic Istitute put tethea successul campai t make suethat the tempa 2011 icme taxicease was t made pemaetAllwi the icme tax icease tsuset will save the aveae Illiisamil $1,500 a ea.

Failed pension reormThe Illiis geeal Assembls ailuet eact eal pesi em cuetl

csts Illiis $21 milli pe da.

Proposed minimum wage hikeDui the last vet sessi, the IlliisPlic Istitute ppsed atheicease t the state miimum waeIlliis alead has the uth-hihescpate tax ate i the idustializedwld. Iceasi the miimum waewill l make Illiis a me hstileevimet busiesses.

Retiree health care reormB aili t implemet ems tetiee health cae pemiums, gv. PaQui has alead wasted eal $200milli. Qui euses t execise hisespsibilit ude the law, ad eveda he ails t act he wastes athe$1.2 milli.

From let to right: Kristina Rasmussen, Executive Vice President; Matt Paprocki, Senior Director oGovernment Aairs; Jane McEnaney, Policy Outreach Manager

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Frm rpt t th tp th caDaiel Ath | Edit-i-Chie

sra ar a, Matthw Rai rpp t hih ch, bcmi th ma caati Chica Pbic sch, r CPs a tm i which r t 10 ki r raat.

But Matthew led a secdchace.

He eceived that chace ate heaia ad a ee maket-based chateschl called yuth Cecti ChateSchl Vitual Hih Schl, yCCS,pweed b K12.

yCCS is e Chicas ldestchate schls, peati 22campuses acss the cit, ad is thel chate schl authized b CPSt seve hih-isk ad at-isk studets.

yCCS pides itsel accmmdatistudets idividual eeds bmatchi thei educatial level up

maticulati with a uiquel tailed,ivative leai evimet.

This evimet suited Matthew, whsaid he eve quite t the set cuiculumCPS es.

Hee u have me a pesalcecti, he said. At CPS I elt

like ID n. 43618884. Hee I eel likeMatthew Austi raie.

Matthew ecetl aduated myCCS at the tp his class ad wasaccepted t the Uivesit Illiis,whee he plas t pusue a deee ibusiess. He is just e example hw schl chice chaes lives.

Chice shuld be the ceste a educati sstem. It ives paetsthe iht t decide which educatialpti is best thei childe, whetheit be public schls, chate schls,pivate schls, lie leai hmeschli.

I the wds, chice meas

ecizi that, whe it cmes teducati, e size des t t all.

WATCH: Lea me abutMatthews st ad hw yCCSpweed b K12 is chai liveseve da.



Illiis is ipe a educati evluti. Citizes acss the state ae ed up withthe status qu. The ae despeate a sluti t the pblems plaui thestates educati sstem.

I act, the pecetae Illiis studets exceedi expectatis the ISATexam a si cllee eadiess has staated at just belw 30 pecetdui the last decade. I sciece ad witi, the test sces have actuall edw i the last cuple eas.

Illiis eeds t ceate a educati sstem that iceases studet achievemet,

spus ivati ad allws paets t chse the best leai evimet thei childe.

Luckil, u eihbs t the th ad east ae pvidi eat examples hwt d just that.

Wiscsi has a ich schl chice hist. I act, the Milwaukee Paetal ChicePam, MPCP is the atis laest ad ldest schl vuche sstem. Itallws studets m p ad middle-class amilies t eceive a vuche wthme tha $6,000 that the ca use at pivate schls i the cit. Ellmet i thepam has w m 250 studets at seve schls i its st ea t metha 20,000 studets at 102 schls last ea.

MPCP has als eeated eat esultsA 1998 stud the pam shwedthat schl chice studets sced 6pecetae pits hihe i eadi

ad 11 pecetae pits hihe imath tha studets i taditial publicschls. A 2009 stud shwed 82pecet ith ades i vucheschls aduated m hih schlwhile just 70 pecet taditiapublic schl studets did.

T Illiis east is Idiaa a statethat just ecetl eacted a vuchepam. I 2011, it itduced chiceschlaships $4,000 t $5,000vuches ive t studets i lw

icme amilies. Cuetl, 9,000studets acss the state use themThese vuches ive paets theeedm t sed thei childe t theschl that best ts thei eeds.

Paets i Idiaa ae clami t etthei childe it the vuche pamThe ealize that whee thei child est schl ca make all the dieece iwhee the ed up late i lie. Because the pelimia success Idiaasvuche pam, state lawmakes ae

plai t expad it.

Thee is much t be leaed mWiscsi ad Idiaa. Thebth pvide eat bluepits implemeti schl chice i Illiis.

Chice is the ceste aeective educati sstem, ad is thel wa t chae the lives studetswh have sueed ude a aili, esize-ts-all mdel t l.

dpit pi bii ar t bt tttcm, cr ar ti bw ara.

sch chic cha iJsh Dwe | Diect Educati rem

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2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

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Per-Pupil Spending Exceeds on Reading Exceeds on Math Exceeds on Science



Fami a: i i a ami cmpa hwwhr bi a pitic mt

Illiis Plic Istitute membe D Tac ew up i hisamils busiess, kw tda as Dt Fds Ic. Backthe, D held vaius jbs, wki i the waehuse,divi tucks ad wki as a salesma.

Tda, Dt Fds is the atis laest d edistibut.D has seved as the cmpas atte sice 1976ad is a we the cmpa, al with his 11siblis.

D sees the itesecti busiess ad plitics dail,ad kws that t all state busiess climates ae equal.F example, Illiis is the mst expesive wkescmpesati state i which Tacs amil peates.

Ftuatel we ae t depedet just Illiis, hesaid. We d busiess i all 50 states ad have acilitiesthuhut the cut. I the iht evimet, amilbusiesses ca w ad pspe ad help thes wad pspe. But whe a state is ati-busiess ad lsippulati, wth i that state is a cstat stule.

Ds amil busiess empls thusads acss thecut. Thuh times ae ti hee i his hme state,he is ctiui t suppt the Illiis Plic Istitutebecause he kws the Istitute is hti had eemaket piciples eve da.

Im well-eteched hee, as is u amil busiess, hesaid. Wee all i t d what we ca t make Illiisa bette place.

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Frm micia t citiz actiit

I secd ade, nac The tk up pia. Shestated plai bass vili i hih schl. Shes alsmasteed the cell ad claiet.

nt l is she a musicia hesel, but she als istuctedthes dui the eiht eas she spet as a music teachei Peslvaia ad new Jese i the 1960s.

I stated ut maki $5,000 a ea, she said. Peplelived that $5,000. Back the u wet it thispessi kwi u wuldt make as much as uculd i busiess u wet it it because u lvedchilde ad u caed abut the utue.

Ate spedi the majit he lie the east cast nac is a ative Peslvaia she ad he husbadcame t Lake Blu, whee she still esides.

nw, nac is kw he plic plitical witi; sheeats, diks ad lives plitics, spedi abut six husa da witi umeus issues. He iteest i plicad cce abut Illiis pesis led he t becmeivlved with the Illiis Plic Istitute the past veeas.

The Illiis Plic Istitute emphasizes ee etepise,ad this is the l sluti t lit up u ati ad bius back t pspeit.

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The battle or Right to Work is a marathon, not a sprint

labr i ha a irta ck Iii pitic. uiiz rmtir ric r- cit i rh prprti t it r-icrai

iz. It prmat ta a rati that tif priat ctr rwth. It

impib t brak th i rip Iii ca hath.

Substitute Michia Illiis ad e miht have said the same thiabut the geat Lake State a ew eas a. yet Michia, the cadle aized lab ad atial sthld its pwe, became the 24thstate t pass a riht-t-Wk law i Decembe 2012.

Hw did this happe, ad what des it mea Illiis?

A olmpic champi ets the ld b wii the ace just bee medalsae haded ut. But that dest explai evethi that put the iht uewith the iht taii i the iht ace at the iht mmet. It takes ts heat, alls sweat, hudeds d decisis ad ma eas.Similal, Michias st riht t Wk is e eduace adpesistece.

The Mackiac Cete Public Plic is the Illiis Plic IstitutesMichia cutepat. Mackiac suested i 1992 that the state wuldbe bette ivi wkes, t uis, the chice ve whethe t padues t hld a jb. This was the st seius ppsal riht t Wk ba aizati with a statewide vice.

The silece i espse was deaei. Thee eas late, I asked a questi i thestates laest ewspape: Shuld wkesbe cmpelled t ji a lab ui t hld theijbs? The riht-t-Wk idea bea t makepess as the silece ave wa t idiculead attack.

Meawhile, Mackiac wte a liba studiesad aalses riht t Wk. Its leislativetestim i 1999 aised the ple riht tWk aai. But uis espded with theats

ad attacks that cst Mackiacs adjucecmist his executive-level jb at a majMichia istituti.

Mackiac didt ive up, but istead alliedthes t the cause as its aalsts ctiuedstudi ad pmti riht t WkWheeve uiists picketed Mackiac evetsthe public t a chace t cmpae Mackiacsappach eas, pesuasi ad chice with the uis appach theat, itimidatiad cmpulsi.

Jseph Lehma | Pesidet, Mackiac Cete Public Plic



Eve i the eal 2000s, lawmakes wee whee ea ead t pass riht tWk, but Mackiac made the impssible idea impssible t ie. A 2006Detit Fee Pess pll shwed 56 pecet likel vtes suppted riht tWk, a amazi develpmet esulti m eas Mackiac-led stud aduteach. The idea phase ctiued, but a plitical phase bea as plitical adbusiess leades stpped aski Mackiac, Wh wt u awa? adquietl stated aski each the, Hw ca we d this, ad whe?

Seius wk bea a riht-t-Wk ballt measue state i 2007, but itwas a alse stat. The republicas aied ctl Michias vemetad maj lab ems passed i Wiscsi, ohi ad Idiaa. Uis suht

t amed Michias Cstituti i 2012 t ive vemet ui ctactspwe t tump state law. We kew i the peple ejected the uis adicalamedmet sudl, the stae wuld be set a leislative riht-t-Wkstate.

Thats exactl what happeed. Lab em allies wked uiusl t beat theamedmet ad, behid the scees, t tee up riht t Wk. The, i the waidas the leislative sessi, Michia gv. rick Sde publicl aucedthat riht t Wk was his aeda. Lawmakes itduced bills tw daslate ad the ve sied them ve das ate that. What had ce beeimpssible had becme ievitable. A ke plitical iside said, riht t Wkwuldt have bee the table i the Mackiac Cete hadt put it thee.

Illiis ist Michia ad it shuldt t teplicate Michias eve mve. But bth

states have sces laws that heavil tiltvemet emplmet ad spedi iav ui iteests, ad bth statesd aized labs plitical pwe t bethe chie bstacle t thei mst pmisiscal ems.

F riht t Wk t mve m impssiblet ievitable i Illiis, emes shuldcus st the idea phase t ceatethe evimet a utue pliticalphase. Stati with the plitical phaseuaatees setbacks because lawmakes

usuall wt stick thei ecks ut aidea the peple wt et behid. Thatswh the Illiis Plic Istitute is s citical.Like Mackiac, it udestads the pwe develpi a idea i de t make itpliticall pssible.

nt eve impssible idea becmesealit, but stateies exist tasmiimpssible ideas it ealit. Illiis isbecmi suuded b states that aetaki uis t eai ctl theiscal destiies. Chaces ae it wt take

as l the Illiis Plic Istitute tmake Illiis a riht-t-Wk state as ittk Mackiac t wi its vict.

Joseph Lehman lived in Illinois or more than20 years and graduated rom the University oIllinois. He was an engineer or Dow ChemicalCo. and also served as vice president orcommunications at the Cato Institute inWashington, D.C. He is now president o theMichigan-based Mackinac Center or PublicPolicy.

A Right-to-Work opponent explains his viewsto Mackinac Center President Joe Lehman.



1. Th ibrt mmt ca wi th praab mi.This up is epelled b the adicalism the mde ui mvemet adwats lab em.

2. Riht t Wrk i attracti c pp rta what it ma.F clse t a decade, plls i ewspapes such as the Detit news, aswell as data atheed b state goP staes, shwed that a slid majit Michia esidets suppted the basic idea that wkes shuld tbe ced t ji thewise suppt a ui. riht t Wk simpl iveswkes a chice, ad i we ca et the pesuadable middle t udestadthat wee halwa hme.

3. Th ibrt mmt ha ri am th i rak-a- w jt t ctiat th ratihip.Am the mst valuable ups i the Michia riht-t-Wk battle wasUi Csevatives, whse ude, Te Bwma, was a Uited AutWkes membe. Bwma ad his up wee able t pesall illustate

hw uis te ail thse the ae suppsed t epeset, ad testi hwthe te adical ui aeda is ppsed b ma ui wkes. oce thepublic ealizes that wkes d t alwas beet m ui epesetati,the case ci wkes t ctibute cllapses.

4. Frc m i i cia rat pwr, bt raicaim math ar pr t mak mitak.As Jseph Lehma explais i his aticle pae 18, Michia vemetuis veeacted badl t the ems made b a mdeate republicave, ceati the pei riht t Wk.

5. Pitica cra i t a ctraicti i trm.Whe the pptuit ase, state rep. Mike Shike ad state Se. PatickClbeck wee able t pesuade ellw lawmakes t suppt riht t Wk its meits. Skepticism abut the vitues elected cials is health, but shuldt hade it cicism; pliticias ae peple, t, ad ca be pesuadedce the see that thee is substatial public suppt riht t Wk.

Th Michia pabk a hw t mak Riht tWrk a rait i Iii Paul Kese | Diect Lab Plic

I the ed, passi riht t Wk iMichia ivlved a cmbiati ceative stubbess ad idealisticpptuism. Mtivated b the eseachad picipled aumets put tetheb the Mackiac Cete, riht-t-Wksupptes built a etwk ass-ts ad busiess ups that was

ead t mve quickl ad decisivelwhe the pptuit peseted itsel.

What happeed i Michia cacetail happe i Illiis. Theexamples Michia ad Idiaa makeriht t Wk much less adical tha itwuld have bee bee, ad Illiis isactuall less uiized tha Michiais. Wkes ae lsi cdecei uis; eve with the obamaadmiistati bedi the ules ithei av, uis ae lsi membes

atiall ad i Illiis.

We have a plabk passi rihtt Wk i a heavil uiized state.nw we have t execute.

Heres what we can learn rom Michigans example:Last Decembe the state Michia,pehaps the spiitual hme theAmeica lab mvemet, passed ariht-t-Wk law, ude which wkescat be ced t ji aciallsuppt a ui i de t hld a jb.As a lab plic expet at the MackiacCete Public Plic I had a had ilai the udwk the evetualpassae a law that miht pve t bea tippi pit i U.S. lab hist, ad

ca e sme bsevatis abut thewhle episde.



gari aait a backr bait Ted Dabwski | Vice Pesidet PlicThe wk eeded t tu Illiis audis ull tesi ad e the mai

tesis is the pessue betwee chsieal pesi em ve pepetuatiAmeicas bailut cultue.

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Whe I appeaed Vae & C. iJaua, hst Stuat Vae pessed met eveal milestes i Illiis scal cisis.I this aticle, Ill shae what I see thist.

Illiis is the pste child a state thatsavidi ems i the expectati a bailut. gv. Pat Qui has lbbied me tha thee eas a edealuaatee the states pesi debtwhile the Illiis Leislatue has ailed tput a eal ems the table eve asa scal cisis staes pliticias i the ace.

Illiis cssed its ext maj milestetwad a bailut i late Jaua whe thestates cedit was dwaded b S&Prati Sevices t the lwest level allstates i the ati.

That dwade ced ivests tfee the states latest attempt t bw,pmpti the state t cacel its $500milli bd ei. A deepe cisis iseai ad e miht hpe that, s t,is the ptetial ems.

While the Illiis Plic Istitutes nPesi Bailut campai has buhtthe ptetial bailut state pesis tthe et the atial media, thesae luki with stealth bailut ppsals.

Just lk at the ecet idea fated bthee Stad Uivesit pesss. Theppse usi e the ext Fedealreseves meta itevetis, calledQuatitative Easis, t puchase the

bds scall tubled states admuicipalities. Dubbed QE-Mui, this

sluti eectivel uses the edealpiti pess t bail ut states.

othe bailut ideas ae thee thetaki especiall i u bss pvidesthe cve.

Chica Ma rahm Emauel islki t cut the csts platiumhealth cae plas cit wkes thatetie i thei 50s ad hes ud thepeect utlet - obamaCae.

While its d plic t ed a pek that e eve i the pivate sect ets,dumpi thse csts t obamaCaeist the sluti. Its just athebackd bailut.

States like Illiis ad Caliia aepepetuati the atial cisis b ailit take the uis that ae diviup the csts vemet emplee

etiemets b pushi cstl aisesad cush beets.

Ad because this, Illiis adCaliia, al with seveal thestates, ma evetuall eel thei lecuse is haduts m the edealvemet.

I the ed, the mst scall espsiblestates will be the es t take a hitwhe the edeal vemet makes ame ab t x the massive pesishtall.

Ad ma states i scal tublehave take espsible steps twadimpvemet. Michia mved all ewwkes t 401(k)-stle plas as a backas 1997. Wiscsi, which ecetlvehauled cllective baaii, whas a budet suplus. rhde Islad, aDemcat-ctlled state, passed thebldest pesi ems i the atii 2011.

The Illiis Plic Istitutes nPesiBailut.cm website hihlihts the wiesad lses a edeal bailut, ad its supise that thse hit the hadest ae

the states that have pacticed the mst scal disciplie. Miti the tesibetwee a bailut ad eal pesi em, ad pushi state lawmakes tmake the iht decisis is e the mst imptat was the Illiis PlicIstitute ca help tu Illiis aud.

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Fihti Illiis cupti pblemb pmti lie taspaecad accutabilit thuh uLcal Taspaec Pject ad102 Cut Taspaec Pject.Thuh these pjects, we auditthusads vei bdiesthuhut the state.

The Illiis Plic Istitute leads the chae libet thuh itsstateic litiati ad plic wk. Hee is a update what wehave bee wki latel:

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Challei leal pivilees held bvemet uis ad wki teduce these whee pssible.

We suppted the maaemet bill,

which the Illiis geeal Assemblultimatel passed. This leislatihas the ptetial t emve up t1,900 hih-aki state empleesm ui epesetati.

Pmti Michias riht-t-Wk law b cmpili imaticmpai riht-t-Wk ad -riht-t-Wk states.

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oppsi ake pesi em such as the nekitz-Biss bill thatpepetuates the cisis ad eami the discussi t empwe vemetwkes with sel-maaed etiemet accuts.

Stpped the idea a edeal bailut Ill iis pesis dead i its tacks bexpsi the pla, hihlihti hw destuctive it wuld be ad pateiwith lawmakes ad atial expets t blck a such attempt.



librt Jtic Ctr

LJC led Illiis Libet PAC, et al. v. Madia, et al. i U.S. DistictCut, which seeks t stike dw Illiis campai ace act becauseit vilates Illiis citizes ihts t ee speech ptected b the U.S.Cstituti.

LJC is cuetl litiati Cwe v. cit Blmit, which seeks tstike dw cit pactices ad pcedues that ucstitutiall baedu cliet, Julie Cwe, m peati he vehicle--hie busiess iBlmit. We ae als litiati Beaves Duts v. cit Evast,which seeks t stike dw a cit Evast diace that phibitsae m peati a d tuck wh des t w a bick-ad-mta estauat i the cit. Victies i these cases wuld vidicateu cliets ad all citizes ihts t ea a livi ee m iatial adabita vemet eulati.

LJC is ivestiati ptetial cases ucstitutial state vemetspedi as well as a challee t the obamaCae health isuaceexchae bei established i Illiis.

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Wki with lawmakes t blckimplemetati ke pvisis obamaCae i Illiis bhihlihti hw implemetiptial pvisis huts taxpaes,the p ad etepeeus.

oei patiet-ceteed ems testuctue Medicaid ad ededicateits esuces t thse mst i eed,athe tha hiki taxes t paeve me a bke sstem.

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Deedi amilies, etepeeus ad jb ceats aaist a

discimiat ad ieciet pessive icme tax, which taxesidividuals ad busiesses at a hihe ate the me the ea.

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Q: Why did you decide to pursue

policy instead of practicing law?

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the edit. Lki aud I ealizedthee was a hue vacuum ee maketideas i the plic wld i Illiis.

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