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Ted joined Jeff Daley to talk about why Illinois politicians refused to extend the Invest in Kids Act during veto session, why graduation rates are celebrated despite 1.2 million Illinois public school students unable to read at grade level, how Illinois lost 46,000 net residents to its neighboring states in 2022, how a Michigan township was successful in voting out gov. officials for approving an E.V. battery factory with CCP ties, and more.
Read more from Wirepoints:
Summary and audio linked here.
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.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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DIDN’T THE GOV. STOP THIS PROGRAM SO HE CAN GIVE THE MONEY TO ILLEGALS??
Illinois …. hates the fetus, hates the children. At least it’s consistent.
Can’t wait for Foxx and her fellow travelers to re- classify murder as “ really, really late term abortion “ , thus absolving the perps of any serious consequences.
True-And just say OOPS as you defense and you’re let go.
Communism hates life itself. It is an anti-human religion. They don’t value life.