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“Unfortunately, the welcome and aid Illinois has been providing to these asylum seekers has not been matched with support by the federal government,” Pritzker wrote. “Most critically, the federal government’s lack of intervention and coordination at the border has created an untenable situation for Illinois.” (Read the full letter here.)
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.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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Pritzger is nothing but a spoiled rich kid. Useless slob who probably was duct taped to a locker several times for being the slow, fat,arrogant kid in high school. Without his billions of family money, none of it earned by him, he would be working for Door Dash and eating half of a customers order.
Migrants are aimlessly wandering around my Chicago neighborhood now. I’m guessing they are staying at 344 N. Ogden and ventured all the way north to Ashland and Chicago. I talked to a few of them today. All were friendly. One family was talkative and is looking for a job. Another group was drinking mixed rum shots out of a juice carton at 4pm with kids present. I listened to their stories and gave them some advice. One gentleman didn’t understand why Chicago residents are unfriendly, so I told them my perspective. The guy looking for a job was shocked when… Read more »
The Venezuelans are here to destroy this country just like they destroyed their own. It’s not xenophobic, it’s common sense.
Interesting now that JB has had two problems he can’t talk his way out of using usual carnival barker tactics. One is the Chinese battery plant and the other unfolding problem is the immigrant crisis. Even more interesting is that the DNC Convention date is nearing. It is feasible that this double whammy of problems could cause Pritzker to not even be on the consideration list as a Biden substitute. Consider could Pritzker run for President when the other party touts Pritzker’s involvements that includes billions for the Chinese while the immigrant situation is sure to upset the far left… Read more »
Nobody on the national stage is talking about Fatso as Biden’s replacement. There’s a list half a dozen people long, all of them long shots, and none of them are named JB Pritzker.
No debtsor he won’t be considered for Biden’s replacement but you can bet he will try and buy a senate seat.
A senate seat is a downgrade at this point. IL has two of them and he has to deal with 99 other senators. At least as Gov. he gets to call the shots
How many times will radical Leftist Democrats like Pritzker ask for the free and prosperous Red States to bail them out of their failures? Hey JB, how about ending IL’s ‘sanctuary state’ for a start? – You and your supermajority Democrats can do that right away.
Hey JB, welcome to Texas. How many “asylum seekers” should Texas have to support?
JB wants a federal bailout for migrants for essentially what is 100% a Chicago problem while he avoids pushing other municipalities throughout the state to accept migrants in the sanctuary state of Illinois. JB’s just looking for municipalities to VOLUNTEER to accept migrants…good luck with that
An old saying from my youth, “Why go to New York City? If you wait long enough, New York City will come to you!”: seems to have taken on a new iteration. Why try to escape the crime and high taxation of states like Illinois? Where ever you go, the next federal Democrat administration will find you and tax you to pay for Illinois corruption. Gov. Lardlad knows this as he begs Pres. Montgomery Burns for aid.
“The federal government must take over the interior coordination of routing buses of newly arrived migrants across the country and oversee communication between states…” Oooh…..I can just imagine how much the DNC wants to take that on during a presidential campaign. And, anyway, in response to this one – “I recommend that there be one person in the federal government who works directly for you in the White House who can lead the oversight of our nation’s efforts at the border.” What happened to Kamala? She’s already the Grand High-n-Mighty Poohba of all this border stuff, isn’t she? Of course, it’s all… Read more »
Folks, Biden is the cause of the invasion and Fred is asking him to pony up more money to increase the rate we’re being invaded!
Estimates only show 13,000 arriving. Heard stunning figure last week-of the 100K that have arrived in NYC only 13K were bussed there by Abbot. The other 87K were sent there by the Biden administration. There’s a reason for the 3 AM flights arriving with planeloads of illegals.
There’s been over 10,000,000 illegal immigrants since Biden opened the border the day he stole the office. Most of them have seamlessly disappeared into the underground and black market in their respective communities. They are the illegal immigrants who came here with at least a rudimentary plan.
The migrants sleeping on the floor of police stations and at shelters are the worst illegal immigrants. They’re the ones who just showed up with any plan, without any network, without any money, and just expect to be taken care of.
In perspective that is 3.5 cities the size of Chicago that have been added. Now every 10 months a new city the size of Chicago is created if the 8,600 crossing daily is correct not counting the number not apprehended or flown in.
As these illegals do “scab work”, let’s remember Chicago is a strong union town. Ask one of these strong union supporters who voted for democratic sanctuary city leaders, “How do these invaders help you or your children?”
Many of those illegals with a ‘plan’ have joined into the gangs that brought them here, are doing scab work like roofing and drywall and landscaping, or are taking entry level jobs. All got ‘free’ smart phones upon illegally entering America and reporting to Border Patrol. NGO’s, like Catholic Charities, are part of the network being paid to funnel them in. All illegals have their hand out and totally know how to ‘work the welfare system’ and charities.
It goes beyond this. Many of them are forming their own parallel underground economies seemingly separate from the greater economy. There’s only so many drywall and landscaping jobs available, so many of them are working underground in their own communities, at local bakeries, taquerias, car repair shops, illegal day cares, etc. That’s why hispanic neighborhoods look run down, they don’t build new buildings, their store signs are hand painted, their homes are dumpy and not kept up. They don’t rehab anything. The idea of gentrification is non-existent. It’s not like the waves of immigrants from previous generations that built their… Read more »
Most or all is cash only. No taxes are paid. No bank accounts since you need an SS card for tax purposes. Even food trucks need to get a license so no property taxes paid. Some brick and mortar stores catering to their people.
I hope they are jumbo jets filled with illegals.
JB is encouraging Dementia Joe, or his handlers, to abuse his executive powers once again. While JB gets away with it repeatedly because of the stranglehold the Dems have on the Illinois Supreme Court, he forgets that Joe doesn’t have that control over the SCOTUS. Sorry JB, there’s no bailout on the horizon just yet. The dangerous and negligent open border policy of the Biden administration is just one of several epic failures. Pritzker bragged constantly about Illinois being a sanctuary state in his arrogantly self-righteous manner. As usual he’s all talk. He can’t deliver on his promise. Time to… Read more »
Epic failures are the norm for Democrats in positions of power — actually since about 1933’s New Deal, which was actually the Raw Deal (according to a fabulous book by Burton Folsom).
Democrats claim they want to help our working-class citizens and our out-of-work, poverty-stricken citizens, AND they want to help and “welcome) illegal aliens who’ve now numbered 10Million new in 2.67 years of Joe’s reign of terror on our citizens.
Why in the WORLD do people vote for Democrats (other than govt ‘ees and retirees)?
It’s mind-boggling.
40% of the country voted for Jimmy Carter in 1980 after living through 4 years of pain, misery and inflation. Democrats would rather burn the country down than vote for ‘the other guy’ because, let me tell you again, THEY HATE YOU, THEY HATE YOUR VALUES AND THEY WANT YOU GONE.
Democrats are a cult, with 38% of the electorate ready to show them blind obedience. The mask is their talisman.
Pritzker Tells A BIG LIE — Claims That Illegals Are Being Sent To Chicago Against Their Will – Second City Cop
JB wants yet another Biden Bailout of an Illinois Democrat socialist failure