Carlini's Comments - GOVERNMENT SPENDING

SHOULD ILLINOIS RETIREES GET AN AUTOMATIC 3% RAISE?

nospam@example.com (James Carlini) — Wed, 04 May 2011 08:21:32 -0500

Someone is running scared. I just got one of those phone surveys asking about how I felt about the pay and benefits as well as the pension plan for Illinois government workers.

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WISCONSIN POLITICS: Cowardice Under Fire

nospam@example.com (James Carlini) — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:11:05 -0600

Wake up Wisconsin. The Tsunami of job cuts and benefit reductions that have hit across all other industries across America is now coming home to the government worker.

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ELGIN U-46 SCHOOL DISTRICT: JOB CUT TSUNAMI

nospam@example.com (James Carlini) — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:10:33 -0500

Deep cuts were inevitable and now we are seeing it happen as the first waves of cuts start trimming away both good and bad elements of schools and government bureaucracies.
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GOVERNMENT BY PATTON: CUT 20% OR BE REPLACED

nospam@example.com (James Carlini) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:05:53 -0600

With the lack of leadership and visionaries in most municipalities and states, why not look at government from Patton's point of view.

Where have all the real leaders gone? What have our business schools been cranking out in the last couple of decades? We don't need more politically correct, we need politically accurate in decision-making roles.
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CASH FOR CLUNKERS MORPHS INTO "BUCKS FOR TRUCKS"

nospam@example.com (James Carlini) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:16:34 -0500

We bailed out the automobile industry and then created the Cash for Clunkers program, but what did many people really go out and buy?

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OLYMPICS

nospam@example.com (James Carlini) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:57:47 -0500

We need to create the triathlon for taxing bodies: cut spending, cut waste and cut taxes.

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GM: GOOD MOVE OR GREAT MISTAKE?

nospam@example.com (James Carlini) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:50:12 -0500

Now that the government is a major owner in GM, what would you like to see changed there? I said in Dec. 2008 that they should have let the market take its course and let GM go into bankruptcy back then. I wrote:
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FOLLOW CALIFORNIA's LEAD: ILLINOIS SHOULD TAKE A VOTE

nospam@example.com (James Carlini) — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:02:02 -0500

Before we start raising more taxes in Illinois, we should ask the voters what they want. I wrote a column several weeks ago about watching how we spend the stimulus money that states are getting. How are they going to spend it? This was my observation:

There are many people coming out of the woodwork with reasons that their agency or organization needs more money. To them, this is the most critical thing they know must be funded with the stimulus money. Nothing else matters.

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STIMULUS MONEY - DO STATE LEGISLATORS HAVE AN OBJECTIVE APPROACH?

nospam@example.com (James Carlini) — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:51:09 -0500

Do any state legislators really have a clue when it comes to prioritizing projects for stimulus package funding? There is a lot of money coming to every state from a federal funding stimulus package. How are they going to spend it?

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GOVERNMENT STIMULUS PACKAGE

nospam@example.com (James Carlini) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:47:03 -0500

What enduring projects are we spending the stimulus money on and what skill sets are we trying to save?

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT SPENDING: CONSOLIDATE ASSETS FIRST

nospam@example.com (James Carlini) — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 05:35:50 -0500

The reality of the devastation in the economy is just starting to be understood by those in municipal and county governments.

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PRODUCT OF THE AUTO BAILOUT: THE CHEVY VOLT?

nospam@example.com (James Carlini) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:42:28 -0500

Was money spent on the automobile industry just flushed down the toilet?
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CHICAGO TEA PARTY

nospam@example.com (James Carlini) — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:03:45 -0600

CNBC commentator Rick Santelli sounded off last week for the common man. He observed on Feb. 19, 2009: “The government is promoting bad behavior.”

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BEST PRACTICES FOR INFRASTRUCTURE STIMULUS PROGRAMS - PART II

nospam@example.com (James Carlini) — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:47:54 -0600

How effective will all the infrastructure stimulus money be without best practices in place?

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BEST PRACTICES FOR INFRASTRUCTURE STIMULUS PROGRAMS - PART I

nospam@example.com (James Carlini) — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:39:55 -0600

How effective will all the infrastructure stimulus money be without any best practices in place?

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