It shouldn’t have taken a PhD in economics to notice this – Wirepoints Quickpoint
May 17, 2024
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What a representation of Chicago’s plight.
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Illinois will be represented in Washington by 17 members of the House. The state has lost at least one congressional seat every ten years since the 1940s, when it had a 27-member delegation, due to slow population growth. The three Republicans Illinois is sending to Washington — Mike Bost, Darin LaHood and Mary Miller — are the fewest ever.
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Twelve Illinois Congressmen vote against bill to give federal custody to non-citizen defendants charged or convicted with assaulting cops – Wirepoints Quickpoint
May 17, 2024
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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 Chicago Teachers Union Plays Hooky – Wirepoints in the Wall Street Journal*
May 17, 2024
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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.
Gov. Pritzker is using the threat of budget cuts to get more tax hikes passed – Wirepoints joins Tom Miller of WJPF Carbondale
May 17, 2024
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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.
Public education staffing has ballooned over the years…yet kids still can’t read – Wirepoints on with Jeff Daly of WZUS Decatur Radio
May 17, 2024
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Ted joined Jeff Daly to discuss how politicians can never spend enough on education despite there being no accountability for that spending, the growth of education staffing across Illinois, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $1 billion demand for Chicago schools, why Gov. Pritzker is providing $830 million in taxpayer subsidies to struggling EV carmaker Rivian, and more.
In the future it’ll be even smaller and be called Democratic Socialist. In practice it’ll be communist.
From a major player state to a piss ant state in 30 years. Greedy government workers are sending the population fleeing to other states. This is only going to get worse. The pension time bomb is going off right now and is going to cause a mass exodus. No one can afford the huge pension costs; this is totally unsustainable.
Remember when IL had enough electoral votes to determine the Kennedy/Nixon election? Sixty years ago and six less electoral votes later. Now pollsters ask, which way FL? Or OH? Or WI? Candidates don’t even campaign in IL unless to raise donor money.
I do and to add it was Kennedy that signed into law that the public service workers could unionize bringing us to where we are today regarding public service employees. We now see proof of the predictions made that it was a bad move on Kennedy’s part…think what tomorrow will bring.
IL almost lost two seats in the 2020 census. The way residents are leaving IL, by 2030, it will lose two seats. The fewer seats, the less clout and less ability to get federal $$. The IL Democrats in the House will be in the minority and several of them are first termers, which means little seniority on committees. IL becoming nationally irrelevant. Meanwhile, my new state has gained a seat for the last four census, becoming more relevant.
Thanks To Corrupt Crooked Democrat Gerrymandering, Illinois Sends Smaller, More Democratic Congressional Delegation To Washington
The word ‘gerrymander’ only appeared once in the entire article, and in a glowing context too:
“In a way, Illinois Democrats ensured a different congressional makeup with their creative cartography skills, passing a gerrymandered map last year that created districts giving the party influence disproportionate to its vote share.”
Muh Democracy
Most importantly, what’s the racial makeup of the Democrats sent to Washington?