Truth in Accounting: Governor - You Can’t Balance Illinois’ Budget By Borrowing Money

March 10, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Elections, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Liberals, Pat Quinn, State Government, Taxes, Truth in Accounting, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

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Institute for Truth in Accounting Issues Guide to Honest Budgeting

March 11, 2010 — To help citizens determine if Gov. Pat Quinn’s budget is truly balanced the Institute for Truth in Accounting has published “Are We Unbalanced? - A Guide to Reviewing Governments’ Budgets”.
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Legislation Calls For An End To Budget Shenanigans

February 19, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Government, Corruption, Illinois, State Government, Taxes, Truth in Accounting, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

From the folks at Truth in Accounting:

Pew Study Confirms Urgent Need For Truth in Accounting Act

Contact: Darlene Porteus 847-835-5200 - dporteus@truthinaccounting.org

February 18, 2010 — On February 3rd State Representative Mike Tryon (IL-64th District) introduced the Truth in Accounting Act of 2010. The proposed legislation, which was written with the help of the Institute for Truth in Accounting, calls for increased disclosure during the state budgeting process.
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Truth In Accounting Update

February 17, 2010 | Filed Under Chicago, Illinois, Truth in Accounting, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

From the Truth in Accounting folks…

Illinois Budget Transparency Group Makes Recommendations to Springfield Legislators

This past fall, Sheila Weinberg and Ralf Seiffe met with the Illinois House Bi-Partisan Task Force on Budget Reform in Springfield to discuss the views of the Illinois Budget Transparency Group on ways to refine the calculation of Illinois’ annual budget.
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Truth in Accounting Hosts Evening David Walker

January 27, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Economy/Finances, Government, Corruption, Illinois, State Policy Groups, Truth in Accounting, Warner Todd Huston | 1 Comment

David M. Walker: Comeback America Institute for Truth in Accounting Partners With the Union League Of Chicago’s Authors Group to Host Hon. David Walker

February 8, 2010: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Book Signing and Luncheon

He’s one of America’s most capable, canny, candid, and independent financial experts. Now David M. Walker sounds a call to action. Comeback America is a tough-minded, innovative, inspiring guide to help us avoid the approaching economic abyss and put the country back on track again.
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An IPI Christmas: Feeding The Hungry, Bringing Opportunity to Developing Nations

December 10, 2009 | Filed Under Business, Children, Conservatives, Economy/Finances, Family, Foreign Policy, Free Trade, Freedom, Illinois, Illinois Policy Institute, Jobs, Rights, Society/Culture, Truth in Accounting, Uncategorized, Warner Todd Huston, Welfare, Western Civilization | No Comments

-By Warner Todd Huston

Last night I was invited to attend a Christmas get together sponsored by the Illinois Policy Institute. This year’s theme was feeding the hungry in Africa and bringing economic freedom to developing nations. We heard some interesting presentations from Paul Wormley of the One Acre Fund as well as Tim Probasco of Opportunity International, both involved with helping subsistence farmers in Africa and India to become self-sufficient and to work toward creating financial success by selling their products at market. Both organizations take different approaches toward the same market oriented goals and both are efforts worthy of support. Best of all both organizations base their assistance on free market principles as opposed to mere charity work.

But, before the serious discussions of hunger in Africa and India and economic assistance to the impoverished began, we were serenaded by a charming group of kids from a local Chicago school operated by the KIPP: Ascend charter school program.

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Truth in Accounting TV Appearance

November 29, 2009 | Filed Under Budget, Business, Chicago, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Society/Culture, State Government, Taxes, Truth in Accounting, Warner Todd Huston | 1 Comment

On Nov. 12th, WTTW 11, Chicago’s PBS station, did a roundtable segment about Illinois’ C minus grade on managing its money. The panel featured Sheila Weinberg of The Institute for Truth in Accounting, and Illinois non-profit think tank that we’ve discussed here many times.

This is a warning that Illinois has a budget disaster that will sink it unless addressed, and soon.

(cross posted at RedCounty.com)

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