KEEPING UP WITH THE keynesianS: "A society that puts equality before freedom will ACHIEVE neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will ACHIEVE a high degree of both."
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John Giokaris
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John Giokaris has been contributing to PolicyMic since February 2011. Born and raised in Chicago, John is a graduate from Loyola University Chicago with two Bachelor degrees in Journalism and Political Science. John believes in free market principles, private sector solutions, transparency, constitutionally limited government and being a good steward of taxpayer dollars. Sitting on the Board of Directors for both the center-right Chicago Young Republicans and libertarian America's Future Foundation-Chicago, he is also a member of the free market think tank Illinois Policy Institute's Leadership Coalition team along with other leaders of the Illinois business, political and media communities. John has six years experience working in writing/publishing, having previously worked at Law Bulletin Publishing, the Tribune Company and Reboot Illinois. His works have been published in Townhall, the RedEye, Reboot Illinois, M&A Chicago and the Law Bulletin.
California and Illinois, states where unions have long held influence over lawmakers, are drowning in red ink. Recent events show that even Democrats are now pushing back against union greed.