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Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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Cease fire when Hamas first releases all hostages including a 1 year old baby.
Otherwise IDF will turn them into dust!!
Idiots were out protesting near 83/22nd in Oak Brook/OB Terrace early Thursday, caused a few accidents and messed up traffic.
They had to press their luck and block the street. Lots of idle snowplows sitting around that could stand to earn their upkeep.
Hey protesters, there was a ceasefire in effect on October 6th from Hamas’s prior hostilities.
Perhaps you should play in the streets of Washington, DC.