Illinois Hands Out $536 Million In Tax Credits For 2,600 Jobs, Beneficiary Is China | ZeroHedge

Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com,

Illinois is paying over $206,000 per job for 2,600 jobs. The primary beneficiary is a Chinese company known for stealing technology.

Chinese Companies and Your Tax Dollars

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker doles out $536 Million in tax credits and other incentives to lure Gotion, a battery firm that no other states wanted.

The Wall Street Journal comments on Chinese Companies and Your Tax Dollars

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Biden Administration Runs Third-Largest Budget Deficit In History | ZeroHedge

Authored by Michael Maharrey via SchiffGold.com,

The Biden administration ran a $1.695 trillion budget deficit in fiscal 2023. It was the third-largest deficit in US history. The only time the US government ran bigger deficits was during the COVID years of 2020 and 2021.

The government closed out the year with a $170.98 billion deficit in September, according to the final Monthly Treasury Statement of the fiscal year. That was more than double the projection.

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Victor Davis Hanson: The Sickness Of Our Universities… And The Cure | ZeroHedge

Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness,

The sheer madness that has gripped many elite universities since October 7 and the butchery, rape, torture, and mutilation of some 1,000 Israeli civilians by Hamas murderers have shocked the public at large.

Campus craziness is, of course, nothing new. But quite novel for campuses was the sudden jettisoning of prior campus pretenses. Universities have brazenly dropped their careful two-faced gymnastics to reveal at (more…)

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