I read this over at CapitolFax and I have to fully agree with Rich Miller on his writing on this one when he printed “ He (Pritzker) put literally everything on this tax vote and he came up way short.” Pritzker was spending like a drunken sailor and at the same time shutting down businesses’ that provided revenue to the State creating a double whammy. Now that Pritzker’s gamble didn’t pay off the Illinois citizenry is now saddled with additional debt and no way to pay it off without a Federal bailout that at the moment seems highly unlikely. The… Read more »
Juicy Smollier
3 years ago
Let’s be real. What happens here is the only option for government: The Fed will allow special pension bond purchases, by them or others (who would want to buy these besides them, lol) and the collateral damage will be done. Inflation will ensue, as confidence won’t last in the USD at that point. The people “will get their promised” XYZ, but the value of the dollar in real terms will not be akin to what they think. It’ll be funny when they admit this but then don’t blame the right people (themselves and the pols who planned this). Who really… Read more »
anonymous
3 years ago
There was no way in HE** he and his billionaire family would have paid their fair share. It would all have been passed down to the low man on totem pole to pay.
And the fact that he called out more than half the state of being uneducated and other names before threatening all of us with. Higher taxes should be reason enough to impeach him!
Excellent analysis Ted– as usual. And David– you are right. If the voters don’t wizen up they will continue to get the same corrupt, inept and deceitful Democrat pols they have been supporting for decades. tough to feel sorry for them any longer.
“We are not in good shape” Wirepoints’ Ted Dabrowski told ABC 20 Champaign during a segment on Illinois’ latest population losses. Illinois was one of just three states to shrink in the 2010-2020 period and has lost another 300,000 people since then. Ted says things need to change. “It’s too expensive to live here, there aren’t enough good jobs and nobody trusts the government anymore. There’s just other places to go where you can be more satisfied.”
Mark joined Dan and Amy to talk about just how much the illegal immigration crisis is costing Chicagoans and Illinoisans, why it’s so hard for the public to realize how big the state and the country’s spending problem is, why Illinoisans have so little confidence in the state’s election security, and more
Illinois’ teachers unions unions used the March primary to try and take out State Reps. Blaine Wilhour and Adam Niemerg, pouring a combined $462,000 into the campaigns of two Republican primary opponents. Their effort failed, spectacularly. But while the unions lost this time, their efforts shouldn’t be ignored.
Satire and sarcasm may abound, but loss of confidence in elections is no laughing matter. The ways to restore both the perception and reality of honest elections are simple.
I read this over at CapitolFax and I have to fully agree with Rich Miller on his writing on this one when he printed “ He (Pritzker) put literally everything on this tax vote and he came up way short.” Pritzker was spending like a drunken sailor and at the same time shutting down businesses’ that provided revenue to the State creating a double whammy. Now that Pritzker’s gamble didn’t pay off the Illinois citizenry is now saddled with additional debt and no way to pay it off without a Federal bailout that at the moment seems highly unlikely. The… Read more »
Let’s be real. What happens here is the only option for government: The Fed will allow special pension bond purchases, by them or others (who would want to buy these besides them, lol) and the collateral damage will be done. Inflation will ensue, as confidence won’t last in the USD at that point. The people “will get their promised” XYZ, but the value of the dollar in real terms will not be akin to what they think. It’ll be funny when they admit this but then don’t blame the right people (themselves and the pols who planned this). Who really… Read more »
There was no way in HE** he and his billionaire family would have paid their fair share. It would all have been passed down to the low man on totem pole to pay.
You can say hell here. We’re not that PC. Heck, you can even say bullshit. How else can you comment about IL government.
The seven words you can’t say on television can all be applied to Illinois politics in some way.
Pritzker politically has been mortally wounded by the ‘Fair Tax’ loss. Beginning of the end for him.
And the fact that he called out more than half the state of being uneducated and other names before threatening all of us with. Higher taxes should be reason enough to impeach him!
Yea ,but the dum-o-crat electorate in this state will probably reelect ole governor fat body
Excellent analysis Ted– as usual. And David– you are right. If the voters don’t wizen up they will continue to get the same corrupt, inept and deceitful Democrat pols they have been supporting for decades. tough to feel sorry for them any longer.