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Ted joined Dan and Amy to talk about the continuing exodus out of Illinois, why businesses continue to struggle in this state, especially in Chicago, the failure of government “affordable” housing programs, and the dismal student results in Wirepoints’ new 2023 School Report Cards.
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If this bill passes, say goodbye to local control over all Illinois parks and expect to see open drug and alcohol use, needles, no sanitation and fire hazards, but no ordinary park users.
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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.
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This is all being done intentionally by the United States corporation and yes the United States is a corporation, not a country. Rockefeller Sr who created the public education system said, “I need a nation of workers not thinkers”. Welcome to the United States corporation, the left right political paradigm muppets who couldn’t care less about the actual Citizens of this country. We do not live in a country, we live in a corporate matrix. Now you know why they try intentionally dumbing down everyone. Whoever is reading this, your government couldn’t care less about you, you are not their… Read more »
Bring industrial arts back to the schools and the work-study programs and things will improve. Not every kid needs to be groomed with books, many would do better with wood, steel, engines, welding rods, sweating pipe and CAD software. Ted, Dan and Amy seem to be wondering why nobody is good at standardized tests and measures, one size fits all doesn’t work guys. The schools are a mill, expecting every kid to love book learning ain’t gonna work.