Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon guest on AM560 with Chris Krok discussing CTU lawsuit agains Illinois Policy and more
August 19, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
-- Connecting the dots between our economy, government and business --
Much of the routine trade and investment between China and America is entirely appropriate and in America’s interest. But inserting the Chinese Communist Party into America’s pay-to-play system and its economic development strategy isn’t just crossing a line. It’s a leap into an abyss of stupidity.
Illinois paid the price for embracing Fauci’s “science.” Here’s the retrospective.
Chicagoans have no idea what it’s like to pay real property taxes, come out by me and pay over 7,000 a year towards or horse sh-t school district. They complain about 3,000, when you get to 6,000 and up cry.
Fed up – Chicago residents are heading to suburban tax levels. It is the City’s most reliable way to raise revenue. Now, of course, people may leave at a greater rate than before, but such is the plight with the City having massive pension debts. Making it worse is that commercial real estate valuations likely will be going down.
Willow glen I have family in Chicago and trust me there not even close to the suburbs, and leaving at a greater rate I agree.
Chicago Bankruptcy now Lightfoot. it is inevitable and the sooner the better.
The people in the city of Chcago have gone around IL raising everyone elses taxes. It is time that the people of Chicago (who overwhelmingly voted for the progressive income tax) pay their fair share. Please raise their taxes…
Of course there are no easy choices. If there were, the mess would have been fixed a long time ago. By refusing to make difficult choices, politicians have only made a bad situation much worse.
Spot on.
Driving yet even more chicago residents to flee…