Mike Amrozowicz, the Republican candidate for the District 31 State Senate seat, recently released a statement about Illinois finances as part of his social media campaigning.
Amrozowicz is urging Illinois citizens to stand for term limits to help enable government reform and to support a business-friendly climate with lower taxes to fuel economic growth.
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Amrozowicz's social media approach to term limits is #WhenMadiganWasFirstElected, which refers to House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Dist. 22). The humorous hashtag and social media posts emphasize a serious point about the long tenture that Madigan has enjoyed at the cost of Illinois residents.
“#WhenMadiganWasFirstElected was intended to be a fun and lighthearted way to draw attention to what is actually a very serious issue,” Amrozowicz said. “The most popular points we made were that when Madigan was first elected in 1970, Richard Nixon was still president and three years away from resigning, Disney World and the Sears Tower were still under construction, and that it was the same year the floppy disk and home VCR were invented.”
Amrozowicz's goal is to inform voters that Illinois’ well-being has been jeopardized because of local government protecting its own interests.
"This is a great way to show a simple truth: Illinois is broke,” Amrozowicz said. “Taxes are already too high. We need to grow our economy, reform our state government and balance the budget without asking taxpayers to bail out our failed politicians."
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