Dale Schuring

Husband, Father, Papa, Coach, Retired Teacher

[Coach Satunas @CoachSatunas]

To anyone celebrating the Bears moving to Indiana because you think it saves us tax dollars: please wake up.

I hope you’ve been paying attention since 2022. This isn’t a victory; it’s a disaster. First it was Caterpillar, Boeing, Citadel, Tyson, and TTX. Now a $6 billion franchise is advancing a move across the state line because Illinois politicians refuse to create a competitive business climate.

When multi-billion-dollar corporations and their highest-paid executives flee the state, they take their massive tax revenues with them. Who do you think is going to pick up the tab for the state's massive liabilities when they're all gone? Hint: Look in the mirror.

And if you think the bleeding stops with corporate HQs, look at how our tax dollars are actually being prioritized. While state leadership claims we don't have the funds to incentivize major revenue-generating businesses to stay, state audits reveal that Illinois has spent an estimated **$2.5 billion to $2.8 billion** on state-funded healthcare, housing, and support services for non-citizens and undocumented immigrants over the last few years alone. Our politicians are actively funding massive cost overruns for non-citizens while letting our tax base walk out the door.

For those wondering how we can possibly have a massive housing shortage when our state's overall population has been declining since 2020 (White, 2023)—it's simple math. Population decline doesn't automatically mean empty houses when the state completely stops building.

Thanks to Illinois’ suffocating zoning laws, red tape, and the highest property taxes in the nation, new housing construction permits fell by 13% over the last five years. Available housing inventory in the Chicago area has plummeted by a staggering 54 since 2019. We have an existing deficit of over 142,000 housing units because the state has made it too expensive and heavily regulated for builders to build and for regular families to afford (Aurand, 2023; Corinth & Dante, 2022).

We are living in a state that chokes out supply, drives up home prices by 49%, taxes the middle class into oblivion, and spends billions on non-citizens while watching our biggest economic engines wave goodbye on their way to Indiana.
Stop cheering. Start paying attention.

### References & Sources
* **Illinois Demographics & Net Migration Trends:** Research from the University of Illinois Extension's Farmdoc Daily tracks how post-pandemic population dynamics, domestic out-migration, and low birth rates have driven continuous population decline in Illinois compared to neighboring states (White, 2023).

* **National & Local Housing Shortages:** Data from the National Low Income Housing Coalition documents the massive multi-million unit deficit in affordable housing options across municipal areas, driven by surging costs and a precipitous decline in overall rental and real estate vacancy rates (Aurand, 2023).

* **Regulatory Obstacles to Housing Growth:** A study published in the SSRN Electronic Journal details how strict zoning parameters and local municipal regulations function as a "regulatory tax" that severely suppresses housing stock expansion, compounding shortages even in areas facing negative net domestic migration (Corinth & Dante, 2022).

* **Chicago Housing Infrastructure Analysis:** The Metropolitan Planning Council outlines the regional constraints on the production and management of both private and subsidized housing units within northeastern Illinois (Lenz, 2023).

* **State-Level Non-Citizen Fiscal Outlays:** Official state budget presentations and audit reporting from the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) detail the state-funded Health Benefits for Immigrant Adults (HBIA) and Health Benefits for Immigrant Seniors (HBIS) program expenditures, which drove the multi-billion-dollar non-citizen support infrastructure costs.

[Dale Schuring @SchuringDale]

Louder please

[Yogi @Houseofyogi]

Chicago lost the Bears this week. A team that's been in the city since 1921.

They didn't lose them to a bigger market or a better deal. The Bears decided they'd rather be a tenant in Indiana than deal with Illinois for one more year.

Think about how badly you have to run a place for that to be the smart move.

They lost them for two reasons.

The people running Illinois would rather villainize a builder than keep one. And they're bad at their jobs.

In 2021 the Bears spent $197M on the old Arlington Park racetrack.

Before they could break ground, Cook County valued the empty lot at $192M (Bears said $60M). They were salivating at the chance to extort a building that didn't even exist yet.

That fight dragged on for years.

The Bears were ready to put $2B into the stadium. All they wanted was a promise the county wouldn't reassess them into oblivion, plus $855M for infrastructure everyone uses. Roads, transit, utilities. A $3B project, two thirds of it private money pouring into Illinois.

Springfield had since 2021 to get this done. They dragged it to the final night of session, passed it through the Senate at 3:39AM, and the House went home without voting.

So now it's all gone.

The funniest part? This started because Cook County tried to grab the tax early. They knew a built stadium would pay $53M a year. Now they get under $4M on a vacant lot. No jobs, no buildout, no new anything.

Congrats on fighting for scraps and losing the whole prize.

Pritzker: they're "an $8.5B valued business" that doesn't need propping up.

But be smart for a second. Almost every NFL city throws in public money for a stadium. Not charity. The return is real. Tourism, hotels, restaurants, jobs, game days, property tax on a huge development. The math works.

Indiana did the math. While Illinois sat on it for years, Indiana passed a bill in months, put up $1B, and took the team.

And the Bears took a worse deal to get there. In Illinois they were going to own their stadium. In Indiana they rent it from the state. A team that wanted to build its own home gave up ownership just to escape Chicago.

Nobody won but Indiana. The Bears lost their stadium. Illinois lost the team, the $2B, and $53M a year in taxes.

Pritzker after they left: "I wasn't willing to give up billions of dollars of taxpayer money to give it to a billionaire-owned family or team."

There it is. "Billionaire-owned."

That's how Democrats talk about any business right before they run it out of town. Call them a billionaire, act like you're saving working families, take a victory lap while the tax base drives across the state line.

Meanwhile they're running the whole state into the ground. And you already know how this ends. You're living in it.

Pensions are $143B in the hole, worst in the country and not close. You pay $6,285 a year in property taxes, double the $2,969 national average, for a city that's $1.15B in the red. The mayor called its finances "the point of no return."

When you run things this badly, you sell what's left.

They leased the parking meters for 75 years to Morgan Stanley and a sovereign wealth fund in Abu Dhabi. Took $1.15B and burned through it in two years. The investors already made it all back, with 58 years left to collect.

Sold the Skyway. Sold the downtown garages. Every asset that made money, gone for one check.

But a fixed property tax rate for a team that's been here 106 years? That's "propping up billionaires."

Companies are leaving. Boeing for Virginia. Caterpillar for Texas. Citadel for Miami. In 2023 alone Illinois lost 56,000 people and $6B in income to other states. The ones who left earned a third more than the ones who moved in.

Indiana didn't outbid anyone. AAA credit, 16 years straight. A $676M surplus. Fourth-lowest debt per person in the country. They just weren't a disaster.

Illinois could have collected $53M a year. It chose zero. Ignore all the bad management but make sure to stick it to those evil, pesky billionaires.

[Jeanne Ives @JeanneIves]

The truth - IL job growth is worst in Midwest and IL has highest unemployment rate in the region.

[🇺🇸 Edward T. Winslow @EdwardTWinz]

🚨 so let me get this straight..

a bill requiring proof of citizenship to vote has 80% public support..

it passed the House..

it was structured to bypass the 60-vote filibuster by attaching to reconciliation..

and it still died 48-50..

because four Republicans voted with every single Democrat..

Thom Tillis.. Lisa Murkowski.. Mitch McConnell.. Susan Collins..

and here's what nobody wants to say out loud..

this is the third time..

same four names.. same 48-50 margin.. same result.. different date..

you don't get identical defectors across three separate votes by accident..

you get it when the outcome is the plan..

a bill with 80% public support cannot pass a Republican-controlled Senate because the same four Republicans kill it on schedule.. every time.. while telling their voters they support election security..

the uniparty isn't a conspiracy theory anymore..

it's a voting record.

I'll keep you updated. Turn on notifications. 🚨

[Mila Joy @Milajoy]

PROOF OF CHEATING IN CALIFORNIA.

Notice that Karen Bass and Nithya Raman each increased by about 10,000 votes, but Spencer Pratts number stayed the EXACT SAME.

So, in over 20K votes cast, Spencer didn't get ONE.

This is IMPOSSIBLE.

The fix is surely in.

[PamBellaUSA @PamBellaUSA]

‼️YOU @JBPritzker ARE A LIAR‼️
LIES ‼️ LIES‼️ LIES ‼️
The proof is here - in the pudding!

[Mr. Star Spangled MAGA @4thOfJuly365]

I watched my wife push three human beings out of her body like it was an Olympic event.

One labor lasted over 18 HOURS.

EIGHTEEN.

She wasn’t sipping iced lattes, she was white-knuckling through pain that would make a Navy SEAL tap out and ask for his mommy.

And that’s just the delivery part.

Now she runs a full-contact combat zone at home: chasing a toddler who doesn't stop singing, teaching a 10-year-old multiplication and division, and feeding an 8-month-old who thinks sleep is optional.

She does all that on repeat, every single day, while somehow keeping the rest of us alive and mostly sane.

And what recognition does the calendar give her and many other rockstar moms around country?

One measly day.

Mother’s Day.

Fathers?

We show up, provide, protect, and kill the spider the size of a small dog.

One day.

Father’s Day.

Veterans?

The ones who went to war, saw things that broke their bodies and minds, and came home missing pieces?

They get one day too.

Memorial Day gets a long weekend for the rest of us to grill and forget when we should be remembering, and not stuffing hot dogs down our throats.

We honor our fallen heroes for a three-day weekend max.

Jesus Christ?

One day, even though half the country turns it into a shopping spree with inflatable Santas.

Thanksgiving?

The one day we’re supposed to shut up, sit down, and actually feel grateful for the roof, the food, and the family?

One. Single. Day.

But the LGBTQRSTUVWXYZ community?

They get an entire MONTH.

Thirty glorious days of corporate worship.

Every sports team, every Fortune 500 company, every coffee chain, every candy wrapper suddenly explodes in rainbow.

Your cereal wants to be an ally.

Your gum, your coffee and even your cheeseburger.

They’re not just waving it in your face, they’re selling it, branding it, and guilting you into buying it.

Why do they get 30 days when mothers who literally created life get 24 hours?

Because it’s not about rights anymore.

It’s a marketing racket dressed up as compassion. MA tiny percentage of the population gets turned into a cash cow while the rest of us are told to sit down, shut up, and celebrate or else we’re bigots.

Why?

Because guilt sells.

Fear of cancellation prints money.

Companies don’t actually care about the community, they care about looking like they care while your wife who birthed three kids gets a $6.99 card from Walgreens and a “happy Mother’s Day” text from corporate HR.

Mothers built civilization in the delivery room and the kitchen.

Fathers held the line so the rest of it didn’t collapse.

Veterans paid for our freedom in blood.

Jesus Christ LITERALLY DIED FOR YOU, so you could live forever.

And we give them all one day.

But a lifestyle marketing campaign gets a month because nothing says “authenticity” like Target turning your toddler’s underwear into a pride parade.

Enough.

Give mothers the whole damn month.

Or veterans.

Stop pretending a corporate profit orgy is bravery. Real bravery is pushing a baby out after 18 hours of labor then doing it two more times because you love your family more than your comfort.

That’s not a marketing ploy.

That’s a legacy.

[FromTheTeacher’sDesk @FromTeachrsDesk]

Nothing is more tragic in education than the field of special education. What should be one of the most caring, impactful careers has turned into an absolute debauchery. Why, you may ask?

Special education is not so much about educating kids with disabilities but rather checking boxes for the state. IEPs, or Individualized Education Programs, are a complete waste of time, effort, and money. While meant to provide a unique outline for each student’s learning path with disabilities, they do the opposite. They define minute, pinpointed goals that are often unrelated to the student’s actual needs. Created as a legal requirement, they don’t actually help. Countless dollars are spent on meetings, lawyers, advocates, and more to produce often useless documents.

In addition, special education teachers are buried in mountains of paperwork: data, documentation, lesson plans, and more. In a field where you work with people facing major challenges, your attention should focus entirely on the person—learning their needs and skillsets. But that is not the case. Many teachers feel swamped by an overly bureaucratic system that ignores the humanity of both students and teachers. This is why there is a huge shortage of special education teachers.

[Chicago Contrarian @ChicagoContrar1]

This is just a reminder JB and @JulianaStratton spent $3,000,000,000 on illegal immigrants.

Considering how Stratton willfully squandered billions of Illinois' tax dollars, imagine how extravagantly she will spend if she goes to Washington.

[DuPage GOP @DuPageCountyGOP]

Let’s make sure the Illinois Build Act wasn’t just shelved until the election is over. We suggest every county, city, and village board add an advisory question to the November ballot that asks their voters if they want their local zoning questions ceded to Springfield.

Every county, city, and village has the power to do this. Let the voters demonstrate mandate opposition to this Build Act idea!

Keep the Build Act possibility in the forefront and make every candidate speak to it! Shady Springfield is more than capable of bringing this back once election season is over.

[Gina Milan @ginamilan_]

You wanna hear something funny?

Lemme tell y’all what Rep. LaMonica McIver just said to Secretary Mullin during the hearing. Paraphrasing but you get the gist…

“You wanna talk about racism and everything… tell me why every person locked up in Delaney Hall is a foreigner?” 🤡

Who’s gonna tell her that ICE facilities ONLY house illegal aliens?

GOOD LORD! Democrats are truly the stupidest breed out there. 😂😂

[Jen @IlliniJen]

Illinois ranks dead last in jobs growth among big states under Pritzker.

Even as he touts economic momentum and new investments, only 9,400 private sector jobs have been added since 2019 for 0.75% total growth. Neighbors grew 2.5%.
Government added 36,600 jobs with your tax dollars, while professional services lost over 50,000 positions.

This is what @JBPritzker calls “success.”

[Brian Costin @BrianCostin]

You have to feel for the guy. @GovPritzker passes so many tax increases, he forgets about some from time to time.

Gov. Pritzker is bragging that he “paused” the scheduled gas-tax increase until 2027.

But on August 1, a new gasoline sales tax increase that Pritzker signed into law will take effect in the Chicago metro area to bail out the CTA, which he appointed half its members to and badly mismanaged.

And it doesn’t just hit gasoline. It also applies to all the other products subject to sales tax.

Delaying one tax hike while adding another at the pump isn’t relief. By August, gas taxes will be higher for two-thirds of Illinoisans.

Then we will see 2 new gas tax hikes in 2027, after the election.

Illinois families don’t need tax hikes delayed. They need tax hikes reversed.

[Glenn Beck @glennbeck]

Did you hear what The View's Sunny Hostin just said? She called Maine's Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner "a cheater, an antisemite, a liar, a racist, and a homophobe."

Then she paused and said something very telling: “BUT...” the Democrats need "to win that seat in Maine" to stop Trump.

This once again proves that the Left has no moral code and will do anything to seize back power.

Here's something we all need to remember: Everything before you say “but” is what you actually believe. Everything after is what you’re willing to trade it for.

The Left is willing to trade exactly what they’ve been claiming to fight just to regain a little bit of power. All the harping about racism, sexism, and homophobia means nothing if they’ll compromise their beliefs for 'the collective good.'

[TheGayDispatcher🏳️‍🌈™️ @GayDispatcher]

Did I overlook the part where you mention the $16 Billion in increased taxes during your tenure as Gov?

Nope. I double checked. You forgot to include that fun fact.

[Philip Charles VanDerHeyden IV @PhilipCharlesIV]

This is an embarrassing quote.

Let's leave out the part where the Bears are being asked to pay 10-20 times more than the current NFL leader in property taxes.

[Illinois Review @IllinoisReview]

JB Pritzker is against using Illinois taxpayer dollars to help keep the Chicago Bears in Illinois. But he’s perfectly fine with using $180 million in taxpayer money to renovate his downtown Chicago Hyatt hotel.

[Jeanne Ives @JeanneIves]

Record Spending.
-$900 million in new taxes, some of which will be challenged in court.
-$3.8 billion in new borrowing
-Shorted Actuarial Pension Payment
-$400m+ for illegals
-Legislator pay raises
The budget is not responsible.