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Ted joined Jeff Daly of WZUS Decatur to talk about Illinois’ high unemployment rate – including the nation’s 2nd-highest black unemployment rate, the state’s poor jobs climate, why so much of Illinois’ problems are due to the state’s poor policies, why equity initiatives harm the very minorities they supposedly help, and more.
To listen, click on Thursday, July 27, 2023 Podcast Hour 2
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If this bill passes, say goodbye to local control over all Illinois parks and expect to see open drug and alcohol use, needles, no sanitation and fire hazards, but no ordinary park users.
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Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
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Audio and summary
Any segment preceded by Robin Trower must be good.
High taxes
Insane regulations
Business hostile government at all levels
Crooked corrupt unions that control that government
Illinois is poison for business