You have to give it to them. Chicago teachers aren’t shy (or at least, their union isn’t).
The Second City’s teachers union is in the midst of negotiating a new contract, and they just have a couple of little things they want—like an extra $50 billion, a figure which is approximately the same size as Illinois’ total base tax receipts for the entire year—to pay for higher wages, money for illegal aliens, LGBTQ proposals, and, wait for it… free abortions.
Now, you might think that they’re asking for so much because they’ve been doing such a spectacular job and should be rewarded for it. The problem with that theory? Only 21 percent of the city’s eighth graders are proficient at reading.
Oh.
This is insane!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 5, 2024
And if given this massive pile of money, can we be sure they’ll spend it wisely? Not according to Austin Berg, a vice president at
