Preckwinkle Details $8B Budget Buoyed By Federal Relief Funds, Rebounding Economy – WTTW (Chicago)

Preckwinkle wants to spend the county’s share of the federal relief package on a host of initiatives designed to increase equity in Cook County. That includes $80 million to send cash directly to the county’s poorest residents and to fund a study of whether a universal basic income could help residents recover from the economic catastrophe of the coronavirus pandemic and fight poverty.
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Ex Illini
4 years ago

She will get them hooked on the free money drug, but when the Fed turns off the spigot, get ready to rumble. What a moron she is.

ProzacPlease
4 years ago

Where did WTTW get the idea that the economy is rebounding faster than expected? From Jen Psaki?

NB-Chicago
4 years ago

At about min 7:00 she totally dumps on lighweight, brown & cops. But is 100% behind her buddy Foxx

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