While this new advisory referendum could be nothing more than a political distraction, it could also be that lawmakers are gauging Illinoisans’ appetite for another bite at a progressive income tax hike – this time with lower property taxes as a sweetener.
At $1.5 million per job, the new incentive package from the state is at least 15 times the norm. For this much money, the state could have just handed out a million bucks to 827 people, instead of creating 550 jobs.
Ted joined Jeff Daly to discuss the university student protests erupting across the nation on the Israel/Palestine conflict, why it’s so dangerous for society if the media abandons facts in favor of narratives, why that allows government to spin away the problems like crime and financial crises, why it causes the voting public to become apathetic, and more.
When you hear the complaints from Illinois politicians, remember the hypocrisy: 40,000 bused to Chicago, but 161,562 allowed to fly directly to Florida.
Nearly one year ago, Chicagoans cheered Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s removal from office. In her place was Brandon Johnson, who promised a more inclusive approach to building a “better, stronger, safer Chicago.” It hasn’t turned out that way. Today, there’s little disagreement that Mayor Johnson has disappointed on most key issues. On crime. On policing. On migrants. On education. On governance. Even on foreign affairs.
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Governor Pritzker already reneged on the fair maps campaign promise by his lack of action in pursuing a remedy to the current rules which do not honor community, rather allow goofy shaped boundaries. Goofy shaped boundaries allow politicians to pack a district, and spreads the press more thinly as they are required to cover more districts/politicians in a given community. Perhaps he will pursue fair maps after new bogus maps are drawn in 2021 (which will be used in the 2022 – 2030 elections). This is the maps for US House, State House, and State Senate districts, using US Census… Read more »
Cheri Boustos is in the most gerrymandered district in America, and she is useless except as a loyal pawn.