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“I think we should have tax credits that support education and other things in state government, but we also have the federal government willing to cover about 40% of the cost,” Gov. JB Pritzker said Wednesday. “Why have we created a program in which we’re paying for 75% of it and not having the rest of the country essentially paying 40%?”
Audio and summary linked here.
A mess of uncertainty and litigation is sure to follow.
Summary and audio linked here.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
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Who believes any comment that JB makes when he tries to fool people into believing he is a reasonable person? He removed toilets to cheat on property taxes, lied about only wanting fair election maps, etc. He has the credibility of the downtrodden BLM leaders who have purchased mansions in the tonier parts of LA.
Why should the federal government and the other 49 states pay for educating Illinois children?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Hmm, I’ll bet one of the changes will be to include the kids of illegal aliens.
I’m pretty sure those students are already eligible for the program. Eligible students are those that can attend an Illinois public school.
Noting that most of the participating schools are Catholic or Christian, it would probably fit into their mission to help out those in the most need.
“What’s the matter with us? We’re Democrats. We always get somebody else to pay for our ideas. How did we approve a program that we actually have to pay for?”
Trying to hide the real reason they killed the program: their benefactors demanded it.