Where did the $500,000,000 go … Pass Thru … Chicago Migrant Spending

June 11, 2024 | John Kugler |
June 11, 2024 | John Kugler |

we have paid conservatively over half a billion dollars to warehouse migrants in Chicago … look at these conditions and decide for yourself is this where the money is going … in the political business we call it pass throughs … a legit org gives money to another legit org to do something legit … like house migrants … yet the costs are tripled or quadrupled …

1st) to pay for whatever service is needed,

2nd) provider gets some change $$$

3rd) the rest is passed thru for political spending directly or indirectly to political candidates or “causes” in the case of patronage work …

… in many cases the “extra money” will be put in some kind of reserve fund or a general spending budget line.

… one tactic is to separate the extra money earned and let people forget about it and then spend in slowly on a special projects or “emergencies” …

… the other way is through the general spending or operating budget in larger organizations … the money gets dumped into a place where it can be spent on hiring or resources that then can be used for campaign work …

… not for profits can support causes that indirectly help candidates that align with the same position on the issue

… and last but not least, patronage … everyone working at these places is getting high salaries for the work they are doing and would be expected to contribute to campaigns financially or volunteer … they know who paid them … HiHo

Video is from Independent reporter Johnny Boom Boom

@jsmolinski21 inside the migrant shelter on Elston avenue …

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