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Will Guzzardi Profile picture
Will Guzzardi
@WillGuzzardi
State representative, Illinois's 39th; organizer/activist, Logan Square.
Nov 9, 2020 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
Got my GIS on this morning.

Presenting:

"Whatever Happened To The Lakefront Liberals? The 2020 Election In Maps."

Tl;dr — they're still liberal, unless it has to do with wealth inequality or criminal justice reform... Let's start by looking at the results for Joe Biden, who won 86% citywide. Broke 90% across the majority-Black South and West sides, cleared 80% most everywhere, only lost in a few of the most conservative corners of the city (Dunning, Midway, Mt Greenwood)
Nov 5, 2020 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Let's have this conversation.

"It's okay that the Fair Tax failed, just cut waste": A thread

Wanna cut that bloated public sector? Oops, IL is 44th in the nation in public sector employees per capita, and 30th in state government spending per capita.

usatoday.com/story/money/ec… But let's go through that $40B state budget! Surely we can find a few billion in cuts to make.

OK, we've got $9B in K-12 education. But oops, IL is 38th in the country in state funding of public schools.

nea.org/sites/default/…

PS. That's why property taxes are so high!
Oct 24, 2019 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
I think it's worth a little discussion about the meaning of the word "bailout" and why it's so offensive when it refers to our schools The term "bailout" is derived from pilots jumping out of a crashing plane. It took on its financial meaning in the Depression, to refer to government spending money to save a failing private enterprise
May 27, 2019 • 23 tweets • 7 min read
Looks like we're poised to call a vote on the Fair Tax amendment around 1pm today. Will post updates in this thread.

This is maybe the most important vote I'll take in my entire career. Let me explain. In their infinite wisdom, the drafters of the 1970 Illinois Constitution put in a provision mandating one flat tax rate on all income.

That's resulted in a broken system where poor people pay way more in taxes than the 1%. (Sales, excise, and other taxes being very regressive.)
Mar 14, 2018 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Anyone still undecided about the Governor's race? You should be very, very worried about this news. Let me tell you why: (thread)

chicagotribune.com/news/local/pol… 1. @JBPritzker has been lying about this. He said his only offshore money was trusts set up by his grandfather. Turns out, he set up offshore companies himself in 2011. Not a good look.