Politicians Accelerate Chicago’s Race to Ruin
Chicago's financial crisis deepens due to reckless union-backed legislation increasing pension liabilities, with leaders failing to take corrective action.
A new study by a group of Stanford University graduate students, the shortfall facing California’s public pension systems could reach more than half a trillion dollars over the next decade and a half. Government employee unions are amongst the most powerful in the state and have driven the benefits for workers well beyond what the state can afford. The iron grip of power has prompted upstart Democratic candidate for Senate Mickey Kaus to say “I’ve been arguing that Obama’s national Democratic party is less beholden to the unions than our state Democratic party. That’s true…”
Chicago's financial crisis deepens due to reckless union-backed legislation increasing pension liabilities, with leaders failing to take corrective action.
Since Big Labor-backed legislation repealing Right to Work protections for employees went into effect in early 2024, the state has gone from adding jobs to losing them.
For years, Democrat nominee Abigail Spanberger has made it clear she’s ready to throw away Virginia’s reputation as job creation-friendly in order to please her Big Labor patrons.