Mid-Day Update： May 5th, 2024
Episode Stats
Words per Minute
131.68141
Summary
A prime example of what the Marxist Stem Regime is doing to America. Chicago is leading the nation in mental deficiency, although it's a close race with dozens of other Marxist-run cities. The Chicago Teachers Union wants an extra $50 billion for public schools whose students can't read or do math at proficiency levels.
Transcript
00:00:00.000
I'm Lou Dobbs with The Great America Show midday update for Sunday, May 5th.
00:00:05.140
Chicago is a prime example of what the Biden regime and the Marxist stems are doing to America.
00:00:12.140
So let's take a look and let's start with, well, mental deficiency.
00:00:17.960
Chicago is leading the nation in mental deficiency,
00:00:21.720
although it's a close race with dozens of others Marxist stem run cities.
00:00:26.280
The Chicago Teachers Union has some modest demands in their negotiations with the public school system now.
00:00:34.280
Those very bright teachers want an extra $50 billion.
00:00:39.240
$50 billion for public schools whose students overwhelmingly can't read or do math at proficiency levels.
00:00:51.340
Those high-achieving teachers will use that $50 billion for pay hikes,
00:00:57.420
for free, fully paid-for abortions for teachers,
00:01:00.900
and more services, of course, for illegal aliens and lots of LGBTQ regulations and training.
00:01:09.220
As Fox News reported, that would amount to the entire tax revenue for the state of Illinois.
00:01:17.660
It's clear that part of Chicago's problem is that the teachers' unions can't do math either.
00:01:25.080
Right now, the average pay for a Chicago teacher is $93,000 a year.
00:01:32.860
And the union wants to raise that average pay to $145,000 a year over the next three years.
00:01:41.580
That would be double the median household income for people living in Chicago.
00:01:47.920
The teachers may be Marxists, but they sure are elitists.
00:01:55.760
And those pro-Hamas protesters and agitators at the University of Chicago?
00:02:03.560
The encampment of anti-Semitic, anti-Israeli, anti-American, pro-Hamas mobs
00:02:14.280
They're demanding the university not invest in the U.S. defense industry or fossil fuel production.
00:02:20.820
And, of course, they want, well, they have to have those reparations that they've heard so much about.
00:02:35.120
Our guest today on the podcast is House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer