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Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski joins Dan Proft and Amy Jacobson on Chicago’s Morning Answer. They talk about the new COVID delta variant and Wirepoints analysis showing that Illinois has received $138 billion in federal money dispensed under the guise of pandemic relief.
Wirepoints article on the federal money:
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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Curley Effect
Maybe you’ll get a couple years out of this. For now, the World Reserve status keeps the shenanigans going.
138 billion / 12.85 million = 10,739.2996
That equals over 10 million dollars for each resident of Illinois. In a perfect world.
10 million??? In a perfect world basic math wouldn’t stump the electorate. The best part – 2 other individuals that can’t perform basic math gave you an upvote.
More like 11,000/person
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