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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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I guess they might not get COVID but pneumonia or some other thing is fine with the socialism that Illinois spews.
Multiple tow trucks from the city towing everybody they can in the neighborhood. Police commanders order squads to block private parking lots near the Ravenswood church holding services. Tickets, towing charge, storage fees plus damage to certain vehicles. Chicago voters, this is what you asked for, this is what you got. Keep voting for demoncrats afterall they are the party of the people.
Exactly what you expect from a Communist government. F*** the 7th Circuit.
The 7th circuit is actually quite conservative. The issue isn’t that J Beluga is stopping religious activity – he has ‘good’ reason to because of a pandemic. The 7th circuit said that’s a good enough reason and religious rights are not infringed. So, we move to state court, where the issue is whether J Beluga alone can make that decision to restrict…that answer seems to be a resounding ‘no’ and he’s getting significant push back for it. He can declare a 30 day emergency and then he needs legislature approval. Now I don’t trust our legislature for anything, they are… Read more »
I got an idea. Let’s make the elderly walk an extra few blocks with their canes. That’ll learn ’em.