We don't need this.
Besides, who would want Chicago? That's where most of the problem is coming from. Put it in another jurisdiction, and you just outsourced that problem.
How about raise the friggin taxes up high enough to pay for all the goodies everyone wants.
the taxes on EVERYONE. Not the rich. Not the poor. Not the middle class. EVERYONE!
If you want this benefit... well it costs $$$
There is NO FREE MONEY.
I wouldn't make a good dictator.
There'd be a lot of: "Just don't harm other people...or else. Other than that, leave me alone."
Who says you have to micromanage people in order to be a good dictator?
Dictator's gotta dictate!
You beat me to it Act.3rd one in the series?
Escape from New York.
Escape from L.A.
Escape from Chicago
Raw numbers? Probably simply due to the larger number of students. But I agree if we are talking percentages I too have my BS meter going off.I find this unfathomable. Chicago public schools have higher graduation rates, math and reading scores than the rest of the state???
I'd research that but: 1. it came out of Tiny Dancer's mouth so it's a lie and 2. I'm too lazy because I really don't give a ****!
Illinois had an overall 86% high school graduation rate in 2013-2014. Chicago's rate was 69.4%, so.....
Data show Illinois 20th in high school graduation rates
Chicago Public Schools downgrades four years of inflated graduation rates - Chicago Tribune
I'm no mathmagician, but that tells me that if the Illinois rate excluded Chicago, it would be higher yet.
Illinois doesn't need to be dissolved, just remove Chicago. A wall there would be appropriate, or better yet a dome.
*cue the INGO gunshop quartet singing 'Rahm is a li-i-ar' (to the tune of 'Born to be Wild')*
Rahm is a liar
Rahm is a liar
Get your mouth runnin'
Head straight up your backside
Lookin' for an angle
And it's not like I lied
Yeah darlin' gonna make it happen
Get the dead to a pollin' place
Confiscate all the guns at once
And it blows up in your face
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