Ted joined Dan Proft to discuss the growing alignment between far-left political agendas in cities like New York and the policies already being enacted in Chicago and Illinois under Mayor Brandon Johnson and Governor J.B. Pritzker. They also talked about the mounting costs of the Chicago Teachers Union contract and the deep crisis the city’s pension funds are in.
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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.
Birds of a feather! Not an ounce of common sense among them.
The only difference is that JB and Johnson are not Muslim. But they are all socialist, antisemitic, and pro Muslim.
As crazy a it may seem, per the very excellent Austin Berg trib column from two weeks ago (https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/27/opinion-zohran-mamdami-lesson-chicago-new-york-richard-ravitch/), thanks largely legislative changes after NYC bankruptcy in ’75’, a Mamdani NYC could never be as screwed up a scam as Chicago. As Chicago is only major city without a charter and hence follows no GAAP accounting standards. Similar deal at state level, as I believe NY doesn’t allow anywhere near same level of constitutional protections for the public sector class as 40yrs of Madigan rubber stamp has indentured Illinois with. In Chicago or Ill the reality is you are STRUCTURALLY… Read more »
The Illinois exodus continues to speed up and the daily decisions that these three amigos make on behalf of Illinois taxpayers further cements Illinois as a State that is dying a slow death. Anyone who hasn’t seriously started to pack up to get out of Illinois needs to have their head examined before most of their assets are confiscated.
When the electorate elect those who never worked a day in the private sector that’s what you get and deserve.
Wait. JB the Hutt was a ‘National Leader in Early Childhood Education’, at least according to his campaign ads. That didn’t come with a paycheck and a W2?
Illinois Trust Fund Baby governor might have witnessed work but hasn’t performed any.