Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560: Why We Need to “Relentlessly” Make the Blue State-Red State Case
November 5, 2026
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Glennon raised the stakes of the moment in broader civilizational terms: “This election in Illinois is not about the usual pedestrian issues… it’s about nothing less than whether Western civilization survives in our democratic republic of America because [the left], just on the open border alone, will destroy the country, and now they’re bringing in the jihadists, frankly, into the party.” Audio and summary linked here.Audio and summary linked here.
New Trier High School made national headlines nine years ago as a “canary in a coal mine” for political indoctrination in public schools. The canaries lived.
Among the consequences of economic growth that badly lags national averages are billions of lost revenue every year. Yet denial reigns in Illinois, fueling the vicious cycle of demand for higher taxes.
Don’t worry everyone, BJ confirmed that if you are in the city for less than 50% then the head tax won’t apply to you. This way companies will be incentivized to encourage 51% remote work from suburban employees to save money. Just think, fewer people in the city dining at city restaurants or using other services. Not to mention less office space is needed. Also, wouldn’t this mean there is an incentive to hire people outside of the city?
Talk about making a bad tax even worse. lol
And most of them are young black and brown high schoolers. But you see Pinhead talks black and brown but really only cares about green
Carnival barker. Large companies will line up to come to Chicago and have the privilege of paying this tax. Or at least that’s what the democrat masters are going to tell their slaves. And their slaves will believe it.
Article raises a couple important points. One is that the city leaders have clearly not thought through that they have to compete with other cities for employers (private sector jobs.). When seeing this prosed plan, any sane employer in Chicago will be considering relocating to the burbs or other regional cities. Second is that the largest employers in the city are all government – city, county, state, federal, schools. No tax for them, thus putting all the burden on private businesses, which are in the minority in the city. Nice job putting a lid on the private growth needed to… Read more »
Everyone will pay the price the Chicago toilet bowl is in full flush mode.
Why not tax all the government employees the same tax $252 /yr. This tax is unfair to private sector business, and favors big public unions.
Best decision a young person can make is to start their career in another state. In Illinois they have to pay for a huge debt problem they had nothing to do with. Taxes in Illinois will go up for their lifetime, so they earlier they get out the better. I just loved the old Illinois but cannot stomach the new Illinois run by the public sector greed.