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And I suggest before you decide to support this bill, you find out where the revenue is going to come from to replace those funds. Sales tax? Right now Indiana is in the middle of the pack nationally when it comes to sales tax. Any increase will push Indiana to the side where it taxes sales at a higher rate than most other states. How about property taxes? Indiana currently has a cap on property taxes. That will change if there’s no income tax money. Does this extend to corporate income taxes? Or just individuals, i.e., voters? The state income tax burden on Hoosiers is not great … until you also add in the counties’ income taxes. Are those going away? The fact is, a tax policy should be comprehensive, balancing the fiscal burden imposed by all taxes on the economy. Elimination of the state income tax without addressing these other concerns is simply pandering to the voters with fool’s gold. The Republicans purport to address those concerns with the study commission this legislation establishes. They will find out that taxes are like playing Whack-A-Mole. Knock one tax down, and another pops up. There can be no meaningful reduction in overall tax burden without either cutting government services, performing them more efficiently, or both. The former is politically unacceptable. The latter is practically undoable. Be interesting to see what this commission recommends.

Trust me, you don’t want any of this. 😉

Oh, there are plenty of people who want it. Just no one competent.

Andrean’s Drayk Bowen 1st Team MaxPreps All-American linebacker.

She is in a desperate re-election fight. She can hardly run on her record. Besides, she looks like Beetlejuice.

His temperament. He’s “unconventional,” to say the least. I just think he would be better off in an environment where there are a lot fewer rules.

Much as I hate to say it, the guy has proved he can coach. But I believe he is better suited to the NFL than college football.

Now you’re just trolling @temptation. 🤣😂

Very interesting food for thought. Discuss. Love to hear what @Coach Nowlinthinks of this wheelin’ & dealin’. https://clutchpoints.com/4-trades-bears-must-make-no-1-overall-pick-2023-nfl-draft 4 trades Bears must make with No. 1 overall pick in 2023 NFL Draft The last Chicago Bears No. 1 pick was Oklahoma A&M running back Bob Fenimore in 1947. Before that, it was Michigan RB Tom Harmon in 1941. Harmon never played for the Bears, and Fenimore had a grand total of 53 carries for 189 yards and a touchdown in his lone NFL season. It’s safe to say the top Bears NFL draft picks ever haven’t worked out all that well. Between that and not needing a quarterback with Justin Fields in place a Bears trade out of the No. 1 slot makes sense. Here are the four best Bears draft trades they can make with the first overall pick. 4. To No. 16 from the Washington Commanders Heading into the 2023 NFL season, the Bears’ biggest needs are at edge-rusher, defensive tackle, and offensive line. There are high-end prospects at all three positions available at the Bears’ No. 1 pick (Alabama EDGE Will Anderson Jr., Georgia DT Jalen Carter, Ohio State OT Paris Johnson). However, there are plenty of players at all these positions available in the mid-first round, and a Bears trade that moves the team back a bit will net them an excellent prospect as well as future draft capital, which the team needs to reset its roster. The Bears will target QB-needy teams, and the furthest they should trade back is to No. 16. A trade with the Commanders would get them a top 15 non-QB prospect (assuming two to three QBs in the first few picks) and the most draft capital of all these trades. At No. 16, the Bears NFL draft could net them players like Georgia OT Broderick Jones, Florida OG O’Cyrus Torrence, or Georgia EDGE Nolan Smith. 3. To No. 9 from the Carolina Panthers Dropping back to No. 16 is a little unnecessary, though, as there are several teams in the top 10 who desperately need a QB in 2023. A great Bears trade would be dropping back to No. 9 and allowing the Panthers to come up to the top of the draft. Panthers owner David Tepper seems desperate to find a franchise QB, and he’s a go-big-or-go-home hedge fund guy, so the Bears might get more from the Panthers than most other teams. A Bears trade like this could bring back No. 9, a 2024 first-rounder, and 2023 second- and third-round picks. That is a new roster in a single swoop, which is why this is one of the Bears draft trades the organization should consider. At No. 9, the Bears could grab Northwestern OT Peter Skoronski, Texas Tech EDGE Tyree Wilson, or maybe even Paris Johnson if he falls a bit. 2. To No. 4 from the Indianapolis Colts The best part of a Bears’ No. 1 pick trade is they don’t have to move back that far to get solid value. Simply by moving back three spots, Chicago could get a 2024 first and a few other later-round picks to help improve the team’s talent. Trading with the Colts so they can pick a QB is smart because the Colts and Texans will take quarterbacks, Bryce Young and CJ Stroud, guaranteeing the Bears still get either Will Anderson Jr. or Jalen Carter. The return won’t be as big only going back to No. 4, but because QBs are involved, a future first-round pick should still be on the table. 1. To No. 2 from the Houston Texans The best of all the Bears draft trades would be moving back one spot and swapping picks with the Texans. Chicago can get an extra draft pick (maybe even the No. 12 pick the Texans got in the Deshaun Watson trade with the Cleveland Browns), and still get the best non-QB in the draft. And best of all, this could allow the Bears’ No. 1 pick to turn into even more picks. Now sitting at No. 2, there could be a second Bears trade with the Colts where Chicago adds yet another future first-rounder so that the Colts can go up to get whoever is left at QB between Young and Stroud. Then, want to get really wild with the Bears NFL draft in 2023? With the Colts’ No. 4 pick, Ryan Poles moves back yet again, trading back to No. 9 with the Panthers so they can trade up to draft Kentucky QB Will Levis. That means with three Bears draft trades, the team gets (at least) three additional first-round picks, and with three QBs gone in the top four, the Bears get one of the top five non-quarterbacks on the board this year. Pretty amazing, right? Feel free to steal this idea, Ryan

So, was the Texans’ win over the Colts Louie Smith’s biggest win for the Bears? 😂🤣😅

Did I see that Elkhart is traveling to Massillon, OH next season to play the Tigers at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium? One of the great high school football venues in the country. That is a serious schedule upgrade. Just for illustrative purposes, Calpreps says if the 2022 editions of these teams played on a neutral field, Massillon would win 42-3. Like I said, a serious schedule upgrade.

That’s because everyone was head hunting, before it was outlawed. The Law of Unintended Consequences strikes again.

Do you think Michigan is chronically underrated, at least in part, because their coach is widely regarded as, at best, an oddball and, at worst, a nut bag?

Just throwing one out there to see who would bite. You never disappoint. 😂🤣😅

Agree completely … if the diagnosis of commotio cordis is established and his arrest and resuscitation did not cause heart damage. But since CC is pretty much a diagnosis of exclusion (“we can’t explain it any other way”), I think it’s also pretty unlikely any cardiologist is going to go out on a limb and clear him to return to play.

This morning on ESPN I heard Mike Tannenbaum say the Bears should trade Fields for a #1 and a #2, and draft Bryce Young with the #1 pick, so they can “restart the rookie salary scale clock.” Sorry, I can’t get behind the idea of building my franchise around a QB in the age of RPOs who is 6’ and 190 lbs. He might have generational skills. But the most important ability in the NFL is “availability.” After watching what Jalen Hurts has done for Philly this season, and the vast improvement in his passing skills, that’s what I want for my QB. Fields is bigger, faster, and has a better arm than Hurts. If he spends the off season working on technique and mechanics, and they use the draft and their salary cap halfway intelligently, he will break out next season.

I can’t help but wonder. Where are the people who were ripping Notre Dame for getting taken to the woodshed in the championship game by Alabama? “They don’t belong.” I don’t hear people saying that about cute little, feel-good story, TCU. I’ve also heard lots of comments about how small their student body is, compared to their opponents’. TCU has a little over 10,000 undergrads and a little under 2,000 grad students. Notre Dame has 9,000 undergrads and 2,200 grad students. But we never get to be David. We’re always Goliath.

That ship has sailed.

That’s what I’d do. They gave up their 2nd round to get Claypool. That’s a pretty good pick, it’ll be the 32nd player taken. Would be nice to recoup that, since they overpaid on that occasion.

We can agree to disagree on whether this is a tough decision or not.

The problem is, you can’t view a single draft choice in isolation. They have Justin Fields. Most people think he has a very high ceiling. The question is not whether Bryce Young is going to be better than Fields. The question is how much better the Bears team would be with Young, plus whatever you could get for Fields, vs. with Fields, plus whatever you can get for that #1 pick. It’s not nearly as simple as whether Young projects to be better. How much better? After all, the object is to have the best team, not necessarily the best QB. All I’ll say is that the most valuable thing to have in the NFL is the #1 draft choice … and not be in need of a QB.

Man, your medication definitely needs adjusting.

As always, it’s a great day to be an Eagle!

I was curious to find out just how common - or uncommon - commotio cordis is. Think about how many people play baseball, softball, hockey and lacrosse; how many people play football; how many people engage in contact sports. Out of all those people, the National Commotio Cordis Registry has documented approximately 220 sudden deaths from commotio cordis since the Registry was established in 1996. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/24572-commotio-cordis. It should be noted, commotio cordis is almost unheard of in football. It requires a sharp blow delivered to a very small area at precisely the right point in the heart’s rhythm. Even a violent blow to the chest, with a helmet or shoulder, is unlikely to cause it, since the impact is spread over a larger area. Keep in mind, I don’t think anyone has definitively said this is a case of commotio cordis. All that is known for sure is that Hamlin suffered a sudden cardiac arrest after a tackle. It is still more likely that we find out he had an underlying heart defect or rhythm disturbance.

I’ve seen both, either, and neither. In this case, the “bad” applies to whoever is offering that legal advice.