A school choice program upsets the apple cart, and the teachers unions don’t like that – Wirepoints on with WJOL’s Scott Slocum

Ted joined Scott Slocum to talk about the 2025 budget for Illinois, why lawmakers won’t support school choice despite attempts to revive the Invest in Kids Act, the cost of illegal immigration, and more.

 

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Daskoterzar
1 year ago

What a surprise. The CTU and their bought and paid for politicians don’t like giving parents a choice of where and how their education tax dollars are spent. If they did, the CPS would actually have to reduce head count, close un used buildings…ya know…their jobs because they would have less funding, and of course we can’t have that. We need to keep the flow of giant tax dollars going into a failed state wide education program… I am beginning to think that perhaps many of the employees of CPS and CTU are patronage jobs…gosh – could it be?

Tom Paine's Ghost
1 year ago

CTU are the poisonous cancer of Illinois. With the Janus ruling those who have morality and a conscience can leave this terrorist horde. Those who remain are scum of the earth and will suffer for eternity roasting in hell.

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