Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski appeared on WTTW’s Chicago Tonight to breakdown Chicago’s record $16.7 billion budget and what it means for Chicagoans. The federal money in the budget is set to leave Chicago with a bigger fiscal cliff when it dries up.
Wirepoints Pieces:
Chicago Public Schools is failing its students in almost every way. What can be done to save the educational futures of Chicago’s children? Join Wirepoints’ Ted Dabrowski as he participates in an education roundtable discussion hosted by Seeking Educational Excellence (SEE).
Weekly crime statistics from the Chicago Police Department: Report through 4/14/2024.
If you’re frustrated with Illinois’ educational results, you may want to follow the money from teachers unions. In the last four years alone, Illinois lawmakers and political candidates have taken nearly $30 million in contributions from teachers unions and their national affiliates.
Lawmakers conveniently ignore the full impact of inflation when it comes to ordinary Illinoisans. Take the personal exemption on the state income tax. For tax year 2023, the exemption will not rise with inflation as it should under current law. And that means a higher tax bill for everyone.
Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski testified on April 10, 2024 to members of the House Revenue and Finance Committee at the invitation of Rep. Joe Sosnowski. Ted told lawmakers that the state’s property tax burden has become dire for countless Illinoisans.
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Seriously does anyone actually believe that government funds will ever actually run out….
I find it interesting the Wirepoints is brought in to provide the counterpoint to an agency embedded in the government. Literally, you have to counter a research outfit (Government Finance Research Center) embedded in a school (College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs) in a public, taxpayer-funded university (UIC).
Do I find it amusing that Dr. Carroll leapfrogged Amanda Kass to be the Director of the Government Finance Research Center? Yes. Yes I do. My hope is that Carroll can put her biases aside in her research. Kass certainly wasn’t able to.