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Ted joined Jeff Daly to talk about Illinois’ terrible pension crisis and why it’s so hard for everyday Illinoisans to understand the scope of it, the difference in benefits between the private and the public sector, the current state of school choice in Illinois vs. the rest of the nation, the danger of maintaining the status quo, the sad state of Illinois’ job market, and more.
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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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The teachers union parasitic thieves know that school choice will end their tyranny. So they purchase and bribe Democrat politicians to cling to their money train. Bust all public sector unions now.
Our union brothers and sisters aren’t going anywhere. You can throw all the tantrums you like but we will continue to collectively bargain for fair wages, benefits and working conditions. You can bust open your wallet and pay for a fair contract but you won’t be busting our union. Union strong!!!
Sorry. Public Sector Unions are unconstitutional and a rising number of taxpayers are pushing for a legal constitutional test to eliminate this illegal cancer. Soon you’ll busted and sayonara!!
At some point your union brothers will not be happy with their taxes going up, but the money must be used to fund pensions instead of into the currently working union brothers’ pockets. That’s when your union brothers will start eating their own. The brotherhood will disintegrate into the biggest family feud ever. It will be interesting to watch.
In Illinois school choice is only for the wealthy and white upper middle class moms that voted for Kamala. God forbid their gender-fluid offspring go to a public school.
Or the president of the CTU’s kids……