Change in Madiganistan starts at home  Only voting down would-be
House Democrats statewide can wrest Illinois from the clutches
of Boss Madigan  Wind-swept Madiganistan, that arid economic
wasteland once known as Illinois, is in absolute ruins.  Young
people flee the state in search of a future, and their future
isn't here. Businesses leave, taking jobs with them. Taxes keep
going up to feed the ravenous state government, and the boss
rides government like some kind of beast.  He sits high on its
back, and loping past, he looks down upon all of us chumbolones
and smiles.  And it's time that you, my fellow taxpaying
chumbolones, do something about it. No one else can do anything.
Only you.  So stand up, Chumbolone Nation. Stand up.  The state
has among the worst — if not the worst — credit ratings in the
nation. We're drowning in debt, with more to come, and the state
(meaning you) owing at least $85 billion in unfunded pension
liabilities. You can count on taxes going up in a post-election
deal that's likely