Ted joined Scott Slocum to talk about Gov. Pritzker’s cynical reasons for ending the grocery tax, why Rivian proves its a bad idea for government to choose winners and losers, the continuing troubles of the EV industry, and the property tax sticker shock awaiting Cook County homeowners.
Read more from Wirepoints:
- Property tax bills come due: Cook County residents will repeat last year’s sticker shock
- Chicago progressives, don’t fret loss of your ‘Mansion Tax.’ The biggest one of all is already law, which your chosen leaders despise
- Rivian shaping up as another example of why government shouldn’t pick winners and losers
- Gov. Pritzker’s 2025 budget address and the kitchen table issues that actually matter
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.
Yep, another EV company biting the dust. But hey, the tax payers “just don’t understand”. So, when the free market tells them it doesn’t work…they take tax dollars and spend even more on Buses that don’t work. Good idea…schmucks.
Here’s another EV company going downhill faster than a boulder.
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/ev-startup-fisker-slides-cash-105547050.html
There’s pretty much nothing good about electric vehicles especially the manufacture and disposal of batteries.
The Chinese would disagree.