Ted was on Chicago’s Morning Answer with Dan and Amy to talk about why Illinois’ $38 billion in education spending produces such poor results, why Illinois hasn’t created any net new jobs in over 20 years, the low chance of lawmakers fixing the worst aspects of the SAFE-T Act, and what to expect from union negotiations now that Amendment 1 is in effect.
Read more from Wirepoints:
- Poor communities bear the brunt of crime unleashed by Cook County bail reform and the SAFE-T Act
- Illinois has created no net new jobs in 20 years
- New release: Illinois continues to have the worst unemployment rate in the nation
- What Pritzker said vs. what Pritzker should have said about new Illinois budget projections
- Chicago’s progressive agenda has been destructive for black communities
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
Audio and summary 
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Investment can be described as deployment of potential energy. Potential energy can be described as objects which can be removed from states of inertia or entropy, and organized in order to create energy or productivity. Examples of potential energy include currencies, precious metals, roads, buildings, people…any of these objects left lying unused is not productive. But they all contain the potential to create energy and utility. The organization of potential energy for useful (as defined by human participants) deployment can be described as a network. A City or a State may be described as a network. Networks require a critical… Read more »
Fake news! Immigrants to get manufacturing jobs to pay for the pensioners’ homes in Florida.
Sending more your way to help the pensioners.
Real Nice homes in Florida, only a government worker could afford. A private sector workers dreams are not that good. No state income taxes allow for a much nicer home.
Folks, don’t confuse a $38 billion government jobs program with education.