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.
Guess why we have open borders.
Teacher unions are a major reason.
The alternate choice is to artificially prop up low enrollment schools in the hopes that, someday, enrollment will recover. And every year that it doesn’t, it’s more money siphoned away from a more deserving school. Screw that.