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Chicago, IL
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Steve Connell retweeted
Illinois voters say high taxes are killing them, yet they keep reelecting the same politicians.
What keeps this cycle alive?
Gerrymandered maps, the system, the voters, or all of the above?
Illinois is affordable?
Under the guy who:
⛽ Hiked the gas tax to 48.3¢/gal, costing drivers $143 more a year
📊 Pushed 49 new taxes and fees
🏡 Let property taxes soar — now 2nd highest in the U.S.
💰 Exploded state spending by 32%
🏆 Gave Illinois the highest overall tax burden in the country
If that’s “affordable,” @cljmitchell …what does expensive look like? 🧐
Steve Connell retweeted
The Cubs are hiring a data scientist in baseball analytics… Come work with me and my team! my1060wd.wd5.myworkdayjobs.c…
Steve Connell retweeted
As a data scientist for the Cubs, you'd help build and maintain models and tools that support our decision making in any/all spaces of baseball operations (hitting, pitching, player development, game strategy, pro-acquisition, amateur, international, etc).
The Cubs are hiring a data scientist in baseball analytics… Come work with me and my team! my1060wd.wd5.myworkdayjobs.c…
I’m always blown away to see signs like this from the State of Illinois Metra Police. @PekalaLaw @Bearstradamus_1
Steve Connell retweeted
If Marsee can continue to hit the ball hard in addition to his supreme plate discipline, you might (Mar)see him on the Marlins for a long time
prospectsavant.com/player/80…
The Marlins traded Jesus Sanchez and Jakob Marsee got his shot.
Through his first 5 games, Marsee hit a home run, 3 doubles, a triple, walked as much as he struck out and has a .500 BA.
He hit 14 HR and stole 47(!) bases in 96 Triple-A games.
#marlinsbeisbol
Steve Connell retweeted
I am going to keep saying this until people get it. The enormous Billion$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ going to schools each year includes huge $$$$$ in fraud and waste, and huge amounts for children of the undocumented.
On July 16th 1969:
- Min. wage U.S. $1.60/hour.
- Avg. home cost in U.S.: ~$15,000.
- Gas $0.35 per gal.
- the first commercially successful mass-produced calculator widely available in the West, the Sharp QT-8D was not yet available at the price $395 USD ($2,800).
Wealth taxes have never worked anywhere - not in an age of global capital and movement.
Gandhi once said the true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members. It’s a nice sentiment.
But the true measure of a country’s prospects is actually found in how it treats its WEALTHY.
Every nation that was successful in increasing economic growth and prosperity for its people did so by attracting the wealthy (FDI) and incentivizing entrepreneurs. There’s no other way. This is the necessary, rate-limiting step.
(Btw: China and Russia are purging their problematic billionaires and oligarchs as we speak)
Hope the UK doesn’t go down the path of Norway which imposes a broad wealth tax that even includes unrealized gains (!!!)
RT @IlliniJen: CPS is running a deficit.
So what’s on the chopping block?
❌ Not bloated admin budgets
❌ Not blanket raises with zero accou…
Steve Connell retweeted
Kevin O’Leary issues warning about Zorhan Mamdani,
“It’s a horrible message for the American dream.”
Steve Connell retweeted
In most places, the majority of property taxes go to schools. But birth rates have tanked for many yrs, enrollments tanked, while schools get more and more $.
In Chicago, enrollment ⬇️by 70,000+, but budget ⬆️to $10Billion--for only 325,000 students.
And test scores tank.
Can the America Party also have the backs of inner city students who are getting destroyed by no one representing their best interests?
Steve Connell retweeted
Chicago Teachers Union president Stacy Davis Gates mocks parents for defending their right to have a say in what their kids are learning and doing at school.
Steve Connell retweeted
Pritzker thinks he’s being funny here reading “mean” tweets.
But where is the humor in thousands of residents moving out of state?
Where is the humor in kids who can’t read?
Where is the humor in 49 tax increases?
Where is the humor in billions in federal relief wasted?
Where is the humor in out of control crime?
Steve Connell retweeted
"Right now, in America...you can pay your house off, pay property taxes for 40, 50yrs...can't pay taxes...govt can take it. At some point, you have to own your stuff."
Illinois lawmaker proposes ending real estate taxes for 30yr homeowners.
@vjeannek thecentersquare.com/illinois…
My annual post to you @SigmundBloom about starting a podcast about your passions (no fantasy/politics). It would quickly become a massive podcast.