Source: EconLog
by Paul Jacob
“The first initiative petition drive I ever ran was the Tax Accountability Amendment in Illinois in 1990. I remember canvassing Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives Michael Madigan’s district. He was a problem way back then. It was as if everything he worked for I worked against! The Democrat really knew how to wield power: going on to become the longest-serving leader of any state or federal legislative body in the history of the United States, holding the position for all but two years from 1983 to 2021. Well, he’s in the news again — and not for receiving a laurel of appreciation from a grateful state. ‘Longest-serving legislative leader in US history given 7 1/2 years in federal corruption case,’ reads the Associated Press headline.” (06/18/25)
https://thisiscommonsense.org/2025/06/18/the-quanta-of-corruption/