Chicago Teachers Union Head Says $50B for Their New Contract Oughta About Do It

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...For context, total base tax receipts for the *state of Illinois* last year were $50.7 billion.  That includes: 

All personal income tax ($23.7B) 

All corporate income tax ($5.8B) All sales tax ($10.4B) 

All other state sources ($3.6B) 

Transfers in (lottery, gaming, cannabis, etc.) ($3.2B) 

Federal sources (base) ($3.8B)

Beege Welborn

This is the same delightful young lady I wrote about last fall who, as of November, was over $5500 in arrears to the city for her water/sewer/trash bill in addition being investigated by the state of Indiana for claiming a homestead exemption on her second house there.

Now that the union has one of their toadies in the mayor's seat, I'm sure she feels completely empowered.

A shining beacon of The Chicago Way.

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