Ted joined Scott Slocum of WJOL to discuss Gov. Pritzker’s issuance of his 37th Emergency Covid Declaration, the fact that the governor has the power to reinstate the most draconian restrictions if he wanted to and the negative impact of keeping so many Illinoisans dependent on government through Medicaid and food stamp benefits.
Read more from Wirepoints:
- 1,000 days: Pritzker’s Emergency Declarations kill jobs, increase Illinoisans’ dependence on government.
- In Hopes Of Doing Better Next Time, Here’s A List of Illinois’ COVID Policy Mistakes
- Pritzker administration pushes back against Wirepoints’ critique of latest “Disaster Declaration.” Our response.
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.
Just do away with the General Assembly. Useless Eunuch’s.
One courageous county judge somewhere in Southern Illinois ruled Reginald Van Pritzker’s actions unconstitutional but no one did anything about it. Illinois General Assembly? MIA.
Gov. Pritzker ju$t following the $cience! $tay $afe!
Insanity.
Ah, so when our employers tell us we have to return to the office we can just hit them with the fact that the state is under emergency declaration! I see, if the state is under emergency declaration, then why are so many employers now flaunting that by demanding return to office? Will Pritzker crack down employers that are demanding a return to work? If not, then what does this all mean? Confused. If someone returns to the office are they violating the law?
Pritzker never had the power to push his illegal mandates. And the media continues to push the fear mongering agenda which is part of the problem. Disappointed in Wirepoints for dropping this headline right before the Holidays to scare people. Wake up folks.
“Pritzker never had the power to push his illegal mandates.”
Yet, nearly everyone in the state was forced to comply with them for two years. So, yes he does have the power. It’s not a constitutional power, but a political power.
They chose to comply – they should have stood their ground and known that it was illegal and unconstitutional – and ignored him. Most Counties and Municipalities took their 30 pieces of silver – that is why they complied. Shameful.
That, and I didn’t want some crazy Karen filming me in the wal-mart, posting my face on twitter, or making a seen a the Jewels because I wasn’t wearing a mask.
You gotta get the hell out of Illinois. Come to Oklahoma. Gas is $2.49. Taxes on my home are $700/year. My neighbors are friendly. Every county red in 2016 and 2020.
PRAYING THAT PEOPLE DO NOT COMPLY ANY LONGER. Mandates are not laws. Our God given rights to bodily autonomy from God and no one else.
JBP may have the power to “lead a horse to water”…
But it doesn’t mean it will mask up…
AMEN!