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Gov. JB Pritzker was given an honorary doctorate by Knox College this weekend, just before he delivered a commencement address. He advised graduates to turn the lights off when you leave the room and to fill up your tires. “I know that when that little tire gauge comes on on your dashboard, you view it in the same way that Elon Musk views the United States Constitution as a mere suggestion,” he said to laughter. “But if you're not putting air in your tires before the winter, then you are going to end up just like Elon with a car that no one wants to drive.”
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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This commie has the nerve to talk about musk ? the constitution being seen as a suggestion? Last I checked it’s god given rights-SHALL is not negotiable. this leftist lunatic destroyed this state and trampled the 2nd amendment. Trust fund baby Huey
JB’s “ dad advice “ ranks right up there with Walz’ and Newsome’s. The three combined aren’t worth a flying rhymes with truck.
I might suggest Pritzker devote some effort as to why Knox College’s enrollment keeps dropping rather than focusing on anti Trump rhetoric.
speaking of college, remember trump university?
What does that have to do with Knox College?
Nothing. The pointless snark makes leftists feel less miserable than usual.
Imagine having your graduation <urinated> on by this trust fund baby.
What a pathetic excuse of a human. This pandering selfish jackass can’t provide uplifting information for new graduates, nope, he like so many other Democraps, use this opportunity to try and gain some political points and slam the other party. How could anyone sit there and listen to this putz.