can't cut expenses but is planning a tax increase for later this month
From Second City Coppers
No Wonder Government is Broke
When are we going to see some government cost cutting efforts?
Do you know that Crimesha has had SAO employees working 20 hrs a week and still collecting a full paycheck?
This has been going on since covid started with some employees not coming to work at all and still receiving full benefits.
Judges haven't been hearing cases at anything like a regular schedule and are still making six-figures with a funded pension awaiting their retirement.
Anyone have a current population count of Cook county Jail? Dart sent everyone home in case they caught COVID, so no the inmate count is the lowest it has been in decades. But Dart's budget is still growing.
How about the teachers? They haven't shown up to work in seven or eight months, teach remotely, so they don't have any sort of expenses like they used to for travel, vehicle maintenance, supplies for kids, clothes, etc. In fact, they could probably have a single teacher teach a single subject for kids citywide remotely, then have unpaid grad students looking to become teachers conduct on-line study sessions for kids who need extra help.
Did you know that system-wide, CPS attendance is somewhere around 30%? Does that sound like a system that deserves to be fully paid?
Did anyone notice that CPS is still paying janitorial staff for cleaning buildings....that aren't being used?
Where is the media holding government accountable?
Our government doesn't understand the words accountable and austerity. It is all about spending, in the hopes the stupid taxpayer won't notice. All city budgets (except police), should be cut at least 50%. The reason why they do this is because governments don't earn money, and that we have too many government workers (vampires), on the payroll.
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