Stellantis NV is cutting almost 1,700 jobs at its Jeep Cherokee plant in Illinois, the transatlantic automaker said Friday, the latest example of how the global semiconductor shortage is affecting the industry with lasting implications. The automaker is reducing shifts at Belvidere …
Teachers unions in Illinois are pushing a bill through the General Assembly that would strip local school districts, health departments, and private schools of their authority to make health-related decisions, centralizing those powers at the state level. House Bill 2789 requires …
Those government retirement systems are sitting on mountains of debt. There’s $144 billion in debt just in the five statewide systems, by the state’s conservative estimate, or $261 billion by a more realistic, independent estimate. They average only 40% of …
A Chicago suburb is slated to become the first American city to offer reparations to their black residents. But now some activists are saying the city’s plans do not go far enough to pay for past racial transgressions. What is …
We The People News reports, On Fed 14th of 2018 there was a ruling by a Judge in White County, Il that states the following “In this case, the facts show the defendant possessed a gun, in her house, for …
by Grif Illinois state senate legislators Thursday (April 11) publicly removed all possible doubts whether they are blithering, sniveling, whining, petulant idiots. They are. There is absolutely no question in my military mind. Illinois Democrats approved a bill that would require …
via illinoispolicy: Pritzker’s proposed progressive income tax rates harm Illinois’ economy, while hardly fulfilling his promises. Progressive income tax rates proposed today by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker won’t hit his promised $3.4 billion in revenue. Analysis by the Illinois Policy Institute …
by Martin Armstrong The new proposal in Illinois is for the state to transfer its assets so that they are owned, not by the people, but by the state employees. These proposals will never solve the problem because no one will look …
via mishtalk: Governor Prtizker released details of his plan to save Illinois. He made three of three of the worst possible choices. Intergenerational Theft The Chicago Tribuner reports Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration considering selling state buildings and land to pay for pensions. …
The cops who beat and falsely arrested the innocent Dr. Lawrence Crosby after accusing him of stealing his own car were never held accountable—only the taxpayers. Evanston, IL – All too often, those who blindly support authority without question will …
Do you think pensions will be CUT in the next recession? It doesn’t take a genius to figure out the pension situation is looking worse and worse, every day. But why is this the case? The stock market has been …
by Martin Armstrong The governmental system we have is totally corrupt and it outright UNSUSTAINABLE!!!! In Illinois, the city of Peoria has been forced to eliminate 22 firefighter and 16 police positions even after they made 27 layoffs earlier this year. Besides …
via confoundedinterest: Chicago IL (should be ILL) is the poster child for an insane pension program (mostly to municipal workers and public school teachers). But not only in the city of Chicago, but the state of ILLinois as well. Consider that …
by Martin Armstrong The politicians in Illinois after destroying the state economically, want to now impose an EXIT tax for anyone who dares to think about leaving the state. This is the problem we face. They will never look at …
by lightmakerflex1 We need to raise hell about this stuff or else it will pass. They will abuse you if you let them. via illinoispolicy.org: Illinoisans already get hosed at the pump, but politicians are looking for new ways to soak drivers. …
by DCG Illinois has hundreds of gun laws on the books that regulate firearm purchases, conceal carry, ammunition purchases, age restrictions, prohibited carry, private sales, and the list goes on. Some of these laws include: Residents have to have a valid Firearm Owners Identification …
The long-standing prohibition of industrial hemp in the US is one of the many examples that can be cited in support of the claim that the US is a pathetic shell of what its founders intended. Indeed, hemp had been a staple …
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A new state program will automatically deduct money from the paychecks of about 1.2 million Illinois residents for retirement savings. The move could reduce the use of food stamps, Medicaid and other publicly funded social programs, …
via wirepoints: One graphic perfectly captures the absurdity of Illinois pensions over the past three decades. It’s what Justice Samuel Alito described as Illinois’ “generous public-employee retirement packages” when writing for the majority in the Janus v. AFSCME decision. “Illinois’ pension funds …
I divided Illinois’ population of about 12 million by the 2016 pension stats of about 208 billion, as anyone here can easily do online. Actually, the numbers are even worse now, two years later. The Chicago Fed has already announced …
by Martin Armstrong The Supreme Court’s decision to allow every state to tax the internet is complete insanity. Sources in Illinois are warning that the state is bankrupt and it now intends to wage an all-out assault upon the internet. They may, …
via Zerohedge: We’ve written quite a bit over the past couple of months about the pending financial crisis in Illinois which will inevitability result in the state’s debt being downgraded to “junk” at some point in the near future (here …
HUNTLEY, Illinois (Illinois News Network) — Steinar Andersen is a disabled veteran, widower and father of a disabled stepson who is ready to move out of Illinois. But he can’t. Employed as a information technology manager, he and his wife bought …
The day after he tries to cut ties with Bank of America a very convenient tape shows up. The media then sings guilty in unison on very little context. Seems very Bilderberg. Thoughts? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da6xYJfSi94&feature=youtu.be h/t SomeEthiopian
by DCG Press release from representative Bobby Rush, dated June 6: “Today, U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) introduced the Blair Holt Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2018. This legislation would prohibit unlicensed gun-ownership and transferring or …
“The best hope for a failed state such as Illinois is to let the state go bankrupt.” The State of Illinois incurred deficits reaching nearly $15 billion in 2017, and those deficits are projected to double to $30 billion in …
by Martin Armstrong In Illinois is a State that should just commit suicide and be emerged into surrounding states. It is following the EXACT pattern as the fall of the city of Rome itself. Constantine the Great moved the Roman capital from Rome …
by ludwigvon An “Audible Gasp” Was Heard When The Chicago Fed Unveiled Its “Solution” To The Pension Problem An audible gasp went out in the breakout room I was in at last month’s pension event cosponsored by The Civic Federation …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OveJui5L0pg Jack Davis for the Western Journal reports, Several counties in Illinois are putting lawmakers opposed to gun rights on notice that they may refuse to allow anti-gun legislation being considered at the state level from being enforced locally. Read …
From Birch Gold Group Hurricane Harvey isn’t done yet. First it hit the Gulf Coast, then it hit Hollywood (Harvey Weinstein)… And now it’s hitting Harvey, Illinois, a town of 25,000, in the form of a major pension crisis that includes …