While this new advisory referendum could be nothing more than a political distraction, it could also be that lawmakers are gauging Illinoisans’ appetite for another bite at a progressive income tax hike – this time with lower property taxes as a sweetener.
At $1.5 million per job, the new incentive package from the state is at least 15 times the norm. For this much money, the state could have just handed out a million bucks to 827 people, instead of creating 550 jobs.
Ted joined Jeff Daly to discuss the university student protests erupting across the nation on the Israel/Palestine conflict, why it’s so dangerous for society if the media abandons facts in favor of narratives, why that allows government to spin away the problems like crime and financial crises, why it causes the voting public to become apathetic, and more.
When you hear the complaints from Illinois politicians, remember the hypocrisy: 40,000 bused to Chicago, but 161,562 allowed to fly directly to Florida.
Nearly one year ago, Chicagoans cheered Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s removal from office. In her place was Brandon Johnson, who promised a more inclusive approach to building a “better, stronger, safer Chicago.” It hasn’t turned out that way. Today, there’s little disagreement that Mayor Johnson has disappointed on most key issues. On crime. On policing. On migrants. On education. On governance. Even on foreign affairs.
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“We started talking to people about rent control and finding that they actually really supported it” they also supported Pritzker, just shows how smart your average city voter is. Rent control is not the solution. One good effect of rent control is it will limit housing which hopefully will keep more of these wackos from moving in.
There’s so much rhetoric around the ‘socialism’ issue; but in reality, the ‘socialism’ label is nothing more than free giveaways in exchange for power. Voters who vote for socialists who promise them free stuff. At least Republicans are voting for tax cuts – which is letting the voter keep more of their own money. And the wall is a policy issue. But the socialist pandering is “I will give you free housing” and “I will give you free health care” and “I will give you free immigration advice” and so on and so on. The hard part they have is… Read more »