<![CDATA[RealClearPolitics - Articles by Rep. Peter Roskam]]>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/authors/?id=19625Author <![CDATA[Caterpillar's Message for Illinois]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Illinois and other states have recently made headlines for their declining populations. Whether they realize it or not, what states like Illinois are learning the hard way is that over-taxing and over-regulating has consequences. And Illinois is now learning that one painful consequence is job loss.

Caterpillar, a Fortune 500 company that employs 23,000 workers in Illinois, currently finds itself dealing with a new tax increase in an already over-taxed state.

]]> <![CDATA[Obama's Health Plan Has Divided the Public]]> Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600 Mr. President: Business in Washington doesn't have to be this way. You need not be pushed to the left and you can work across the aisle like you have in the past.

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