Ted joined Shaun Thompson to talk about about the Chicago Teachers Union’s absurd new contract demands, why so many Chicago teachers are chronically absent, and Brandon Johnson’s failed first year as mayor.
What a representation of Chicago’s plight.
The bill passed despite their votes in response to certain incidents where local prosecutors are thought to have been too lenient with non-citizens assaulting cops.
The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board cited Wirepoints’ analysis of Chicago student proficiency data in their latest piece condemning the Chicago Teachers Union’s outrageous contract demands…all while a vast majority of Chicago’s children graduate unable to read at grade level.
Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about the details of Gov. Pritzker’s proposed $52 billion budget, why the state is struggling now that federal covid dollars have run out, the controversy surrounding Tier 2 government pensions, why Illinois’ expensive education system fails to teach children to read, the outrageous demands of the Chicago Teachers Union, and more.
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“They say it’s a way to let people know why they aren’t seeing the tax increase.”
Nonsense! Gas receipts don’t, but should, breakdown the purchase by product cost and various taxes, just like normal retail receipts.
In that receipts aren’t itemized, a two-to-three cent increase doesn’t impact a $4.50/gallon purchase much at all (that’s approximately 0.005% increase) and wouldn’t be noticed.
Requiring signage is more government overreach at the gas pump.
Enough already!
100 gallons of gas equals a $2.30 cent savings, not even enough to buy another gallon. Thanks JB, you’re the man.
First, this blatant attempt by Democrats to control the narrative around high gas prices indicates how worried they are about the upcoming elections. Second, this is incredibly insulting to the voters, as the Democrats are essentially calling them stupid. Sadly, I doubt it will matter much, as the voters were stupid enough to elect these clowns in the first place.
No need to call the voters who continue to elect democrats over and over again stupid because they are stupid.
They’re worse than stupid, they are hateful too. They won’t vote Republican because believe that Republicans are racist and they despise anyone who identifies as Republican. It’s a doublewhammy of bad people. I’ve always said the problem with Illinois is the people. The state is filled with bad degenerate people with hateful beliefs. Even the ‘moderates’ and ‘independents’ in the state, who oscillate between R & D every election, are still hateful people with beliefs further to the left than most of the country and most of the world.
Illinois was originally settled by hillbillys from KY from the south northwards where they collided with Europe’s cast aways, later joined by Mississippi’s backwoods Africans, all just smart enough to pull a lever at a factory. We aren’t dealing with the best stock here. There was a golden age of Yankee ingenuity who blew through to build the railroads and factories but dam if I know where they went. If you understand the history then understand the people and their f*cked up voting patterns. Even NYC sometimes votes a R in.
LOL
LOL, I wouldn’t quite go that far, it was only a little more than a generation ago that the state as a whole was red and blue. But Madigan’s power in the house infected every level of government over 40 years, including his gerrymandered maps, creating policies that drove Republicans out of the state, and encouraged Democrats to move in. Then the suburbs and upper middle class in the north adopted Democrat/Progressive beliefs, and with all the rich UMC in the Chicago area, it became game over for Republicans. If the UMC in Chicago ever switches back to Republican, which… Read more »