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Sep 3 • 7 tweets • 2 min read

1/ Illinois’ pension hole is so deep you could sell every NBA team and still come up $4 billion short.

Read that again.

Here's how it got so bad—and how state leaders will climb out (if they're smart).🧵

2/ Illinois’ five state-run pensions are only 46.1% funded—meaning just 46¢ saved for every $1 promised.

That’s why the hole is $143.7B and growing.

Jul 24 • 10 tweets • 2 min read

1/ 🚨NEW

She makes $265,150 a year.

She demands the “wealthy” pay their fair share.

But she still refuses pay her water bill—so you're covering her tab.

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates strikes again. 🧵

2/ Stacy Davis Gates owes $1,006.95 in unpaid water, sewer, and trash bills to the City of Chicago.

She did this last year too.

Back then, she let her bills pile up for over 3 years, hitting $5,700 before quietly paying them off.

May 29 • 10 tweets • 2 min read

1/ 🚨NEW

A multibillion-dollar tax hike is about to hit Cook and the collar counties.

It will hit grocery delivery, Uber rides—even selling your home.

Here’s what’s at stake (and how to stop it): 🧵 1/ In the next 48 hours, Springfield lawmakers could approve a sweeping tax package.

It’s aimed straight at Cook and the collar counties.

Families already struggling with inflation would be hit hardest.

Dec 19, 2024 • 9 tweets • 2 min read

🚨BREAKING

For the first time in 11 years, Illinois’ population is growing.

But it’s not due to jobs or housing—it’s buses from Texas.

Here’s how 112,955 migrants boosted Illinois’ population. 🧵

From July 2023 to June 2024, Illinois added 67,899 residents.

This is a sharp reversal after nine straight years of population decline.

So, what changed?

Two words: international migration.

Mar 8, 2024 • 10 tweets • 5 min read

🚨BREAKING: Leaked 142-page list of Chicago Teachers Union demands approved by delegates.

Last week, Stacy Davis Gates said it would cost $50 billion.

Some thought it was a joke. But it could cost even more.

Let's dive in. 👀

CTU demands a minimum of 9% base salary increases every year.

This translates to a 41.2% raise by 2027.

And it doesn't include step-and-lane increases.

This provision alone would cost Chicago taxpayers an additional $2.5 billion.

Mar 4, 2024 • 8 tweets • 3 min read

🚨BREAKING: Leaked Chicago Teachers Union memo exposes extreme demands to @ChicagosMayor, a former CTU employee.

CTU leaders planned to keep this info private until contract negotiations.

👀 Let's look at what's inside.

@ChicagosMayor First slide:

Automatic pay increases every year that meet or exceed inflation.

This would come on top of existing, automatic pay increases (i.e., step-and-lane).

Also: pension sweeteners via more pensionable salary.

Apr 15, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read

The film version of The Hunger Games had a budget of $78 million.

Chicago Public Schools’ budget is $9.4 billion.

https://twitter.com/d_stieber/status/1647013269389955084

illinoispolicy.org/chicago-public…

Apr 13, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read

Chicago Public Schools has:

💰$9B budget
🏫falling enrollment
🌊flood of covid money
🏠majority of property tax revenue

Yet it still faces a $600 million deficit.

wbez.org/stories/now-is…

Nov 30, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read

NEW: A bipartisan plan to pay off a $1.4B deficit in the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund will spare businesses from a future tax hike

illinoispolicy.org/bipartisan-pla…

Nov 30, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read

NEW: Illinois’ unemployment rate was highest in the U.S. for the 2nd month in a row

illinoispolicy.org/illinois-unemp…

Nov 30, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read

they're scared

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Nov 29, 2022 • 7 tweets • 8 min read

NEW: Teachers union front group @il_fps launches propaganda attack on The Invest in Kids Act, a scholarship program that rescues low-income students from under-performing schools

@il_fps .@il_fps postures as a group representing families. But their pet causes are Xerox copies of @CTULocal1 political literature.

This includes opposition to test-taking and support for defunding the police.

Does that sound more like your average parent or average CTU activist?

Nov 28, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read

Illinois progressives are famously susceptible to recycled and often insincere “workers’ rights” political branding.

Their gullibility in 2022 could undermine one of their biggest legislative victories.

illinoispolicy.org/amendment-1-co…

Oct 19, 2022 • 8 tweets • 4 min read