Ted joined Shaun Thompson to talk about about the Chicago Teachers Union’s absurd new contract demands, why so many Chicago teachers are chronically absent, and Brandon Johnson’s failed first year as mayor.
What a representation of Chicago’s plight.
The bill passed despite their votes in response to certain incidents where local prosecutors are thought to have been too lenient with non-citizens assaulting cops.
The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board cited Wirepoints’ analysis of Chicago student proficiency data in their latest piece condemning the Chicago Teachers Union’s outrageous contract demands…all while a vast majority of Chicago’s children graduate unable to read at grade level.
Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about the details of Gov. Pritzker’s proposed $52 billion budget, why the state is struggling now that federal covid dollars have run out, the controversy surrounding Tier 2 government pensions, why Illinois’ expensive education system fails to teach children to read, the outrageous demands of the Chicago Teachers Union, and more.
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The headline should be Blue state Democratic policies drive out residents.
The headline is completely wrong when it mentions Climate Change. I expect it was phrased using that religious term specifically to get into search engines favoring that religion. It’s the crap weather in northern states that people flee. Florida is nice in January, but not so much in May-August when you become a prisoner of Carrier and Trane, as in air conditioning. The author does rightly describe Illinois as the worst-run state, but fail to put the balme at the feet of democrat politicians and their friends: graft and AFSCME. Illinois is about lost without a massive municipal bankruptcy to… Read more »
2 out 3 moves outbound from Illinois. When property tax bills are equal or more than the mortgage and insurance on a home, it’s a huge motivator to leave Illinois particularly as you near retirement. And it keeps getting worse. Pritzker and Democrats have vowed to keep raising taxes to make sure public employees are treated like royalty here.
This is what scares me about rising property values. Even if the tax rate goes down with Ptell they will still collect what was levied the year before. The school district completed a new 4 year deal with teachers early this year. Everyone get raises and bonuses so taxpayers end up paying 60% of property taxes to the schools.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/turning-heat-rockford-mayor-pressures-170805097.html
move out and fund your own retirement or stay and fund someone else’s retirement.
King Jabba can spew hot air all day long about the greatness of Illinois, but he can’t outrun the simple fact that the state continues to lose residents. The pandemic brought him a reprieve with a desperately needed Federal bailout, but it also gave many professional workers new found freedom as work from home became a reality. Those professionals earn top money, and many are only too happy to escape the onerous tax burden of Illinois. Jabba doesn’t care as he has his sights set on the presidency, where no one can escape his evil socialist plan without leaving the… Read more »
We haven’t been losing residents since Biden. We’ve been gaining residents. Illegal immigrants are more than off-setting our outbound migration. It’s just that illegal immigrants cannot be measured because they don’t apply for post office address changes, they don’t rent U-Hauls, they don’t apply for driver’s licenses. They just show up and live with relatives until they can find a way to make money in the black market and then rent their own apartment, driving up rents for everyone else.
When you have a one-party blue state like Illinois — where corrupt/crooked unions and democrats use their power to make life miserable for taxpayers and job creators — the result is always the same — people vote with their feet and leave