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Ted joined Dan and Amy to talk about the three big lessons we should learn from Detroit’s bankruptcy, how 10% of black Illinois residents are unemployed, why equity and progressive policies continue to perpetuate the downward spiral Illinois is headed on, and more.
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Summary and audio linked here.
If this bill passes, say goodbye to local control over all Illinois parks and expect to see open drug and alcohol use, needles, no sanitation and fire hazards, but no ordinary park users.
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
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Audio and summary
So what is new, this has been going on for generations.
Leftist/progressive policies are intentionally designed to maintain a perpetual Black underclass, kept in poverty by
— failed progressive schools,
— soft on crime policies that destroy black neighborhoods and businesses, and
— welfare polices that reinforce dependence rather than resilience
THAT IS THE NEW JIM CROW!
Thumbs down from CTU and BLM.