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Governor JB Pritzker’s 70-page federal wish list would cost trillions of dollars, but not a word is provided on that or how it would be paid. Summary and audio linked here.
Glennon raised the stakes of the moment in broader civilizational terms: “This election in Illinois is not about the usual pedestrian issues… it’s about nothing less than whether Western civilization survives in our democratic republic of America because [the left], just on the open border alone, will destroy the country, and now they’re bringing in the jihadists, frankly, into the party.” Audio and summary linked here.Audio and summary linked here.
New Trier High School made national headlines nine years ago as a “canary in a coal mine” for political indoctrination in public schools. The canaries lived.
Audio and summary linked here.
Among the consequences of economic growth that badly lags national averages are billions of lost revenue every year. Yet denial reigns in Illinois, fueling the vicious cycle of demand for higher taxes.
I read another article this week that 4 individuals from Chicago were arrested once again by the Oak Brook Police after stealing thousands in merchandise from the Macy’s at Oak Brook shopping center. This happens with incredible frequency and yet nothing is done to these offenders. They are arrested and released due to Governor Carnival Barker’s commitment to allow criminals to roam freely. Here’s an idea Kwame, ring up your special pal Pritzker and tell him he’s an idiot.
I wonder if the loss in tax revenue due to clothes, laundry detergent etc being sold off of folding tables by nervous looking individuals on the sidewalks is included, along with the fact that much of the merchandise has been shoplifted in the first place. NYC is currently rife with such activity.
You and I may not buy stolen laundry detergent off some street vendor, but many people in poorer communities do. It’s crazy. I remember years back I was on the red line and some homeless looking guy reached into his bag and pulled out steaks, he was trying to sell steaks on the train. And for some single mom, who didn’t have dinner ready for her kids that night, and didn’t have any food in the fridge, she likely bought those steaks for pennies on the dollar, and her family ate steak that night.
More than one person that I know bought meat from a traveling merchant after having one too many drinks at the bar the itinerant was canvassing and was sick from eating it shortly thereafter.