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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If the voters of Illinois really want a balanced budget they will start increasing funding to the pension funds. Increase taxes or cut spending. Increasing income taxes to 5.95% should get the 4 billion the state needs.
Instead we get people that complain about the budget but don’t want to increase taxes or cut spending elsewhere to pay for it.
Though I wholeheartedly agree that pension payment holidays have to go and an influx of tax revenues and ceasation of state giveaways are the only way to get past this financial mess, I don’t see IL voters tolerating much more taxation. When the governor starts up new revenue sucking programs without identifying new funding, you know there’s a major disconnect. But consider this: JB has NEVER had to budget for anything. He’s a billionaire! His life has been one of unfettered indulgence. How can you expect someone with that kind of background to be fiscally responsible? Especially since he declared… Read more »
I’ve said this many times before. When we get our tax bills and within that are our pension payments obligations either directly or indirectly that are included in the contracts. So the bill we receive indicates that our responsibility for that year is paid in full but it never is. This is on the local level. Nowhere on any tax bill does it say This is only a partial payment and you are still responsible for pension managers not getting expected returns of 7%. So the money we pay from property and other taxes is credited to current employees on… Read more »