"As budgets swell, populations shrink and taxes climb, Fareed Zakaria questions whether America’s largest cities are delivering value for what they spend....Or take Chicago, with a mayor whose approval rating is deep underwater, where the pension promises are so large that they will surely bankrupt the city at some point. What is the theory of good government here?"
There is no theory of good government here. Brandon Johnson and the CTU are running their own patronage network.They’ve completely abandoned any pretense of good government. And as the infrastructure crumbles, due to their own neglect and malfeasance, they’ll use that as an excuse to steal even more money from the taxpayer. The CTU does this already – the city spends more on education per pupil than most other cities in the state, yet they complain every year about being underfunded, which begs the question, can they ever be fully funded? and upon being fully funded, will they produce students… Read more »
David F
3 months ago
At some point?
Chicago should stop digging and seek bankruptcy immediately!
anna
3 months ago
the memo went out and Zakaria leads the way.
They are all lying.
They’ll revert to their marxist playbook once in office.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
There is no theory of good government here. Brandon Johnson and the CTU are running their own patronage network.They’ve completely abandoned any pretense of good government. And as the infrastructure crumbles, due to their own neglect and malfeasance, they’ll use that as an excuse to steal even more money from the taxpayer. The CTU does this already – the city spends more on education per pupil than most other cities in the state, yet they complain every year about being underfunded, which begs the question, can they ever be fully funded? and upon being fully funded, will they produce students… Read more »
At some point?
Chicago should stop digging and seek bankruptcy immediately!
the memo went out and Zakaria leads the way.
They are all lying.
They’ll revert to their marxist playbook once in office.