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The couple hope to get their official work permits from the government next month, after arriving in Chicago nearly a year ago and completing the asylum process. They hope it will open doors to get a better job before colder weather rolls in so they can stop selling empanadas outside.
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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More propaganda from the liberal machine. I have also read in police blotters about many illegal residents from Venezuela setting up business in Illinois, where they were warmly welcomed by the Happy Warrior. Only the chosen profession of these Venezuelans was stealing. The Macy’s in Oak Brook is apparently their favorite store in which to ply their trade, and despite stealing thousands of dollars worth of merchandise, these illegal immigrants are released back into society every day thanks to Governor Happy Warrior’s war on crime prevention. That means all law abiding citizens pay more to cover the losses. Looking forward… Read more »
Law is a subjective concept in any progressive/Democratic Party entity.
Yep, starting on day 1 with breaking into our country and continuing with street vendor food sans health oversight, licensing and remitting sales taxes.
I cancelled my subscription to the Trib because of an article just like this. Some illegal had been selling street food out of a card for decades in Pilsen. The vendor complained to the Trib that his sales were down because Pilsen had gentrified and the yuppies don’t buy gross street food. The trib journalist then went on a rant about how this old man had no health insurance because wasn’t eligible for Medicare because he lacked the proper documentation to show to the government to qualify. Because he was illegal, hadn’t pay any taxes for 30 years on his… Read more »
Do we really need disgusting and unsanitary street food culture in the United States? We have no idea if she’s serving rat or squirrel meat.
Where’s their City of Chicago food license? Where’s their City of Chicago Health Department inspection certificate? Where’s their City of Chicago business license? Oh, that’s right, rules are for thee, but not for me, and this instance, nor for recently-arriving migrants.
They’re certainly not collecting sales tax.
Food truck operators in Chicago must be outraged by this, given how harshly City Hall enforces its rules and regulations on the truck-based legitimate food sellers. Ditto for all the small storefront restaurant owners, many themselves immigrants who comply with city, county, state, and federal laws concerning their food businesses.
We’re living under anarcho-tyranny:
Leniency for minority groups favored by the government; meanwhile the productive, taxpaying majority, being disfavored by the government, get the full measure of the law.