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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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Ill bet the vast majority of the members of this FB group lean left. This whole Jewish / Hamas scuffle as of late has little to do with conservatives, the conservative position is clear. But left leaning Jewish moms got a taste of the left eating its own here. Its a shame, I’m in some hobby groups that never, ever mention politics, and its really nice to go there for my hobby. If politics did get in there they’d probably explode too, maybe not, its mans hobby, audio electronics, I don’t think a mostly men hobby group would explode like… Read more »
Most secular jews I know (And I know quite a few) are clean-cut, family oriented, and very conservative with money. It’s shocking they’ve somehow found a home in the Democrat party that hates them. they have nothing in common with the Democrat party, and they know this too, but time and time again keep voting Democrat.
I am heartsick to see American women behaving like Nazis. There is no other way to describe this.
Many have pointed out that the far left today are socialists, but they are not of the Soviet socialist style. It is National Socialism, and it is no longer only a radical fringe. It is rapidly taking over the Democrat party.
This is a clear and present danger to the U.S. right now, today, as unbelievable as that seems.
Agreed. I would go beyond saying it is a “danger.” It is underway — a radical, tyrannical takeover. Conservatives who oppose it need a better label because much of what they traditionally sought to conserve is already gone. This is now a matter of retaking.
Conservatives won’t be retaking anything. They’ll be balkanizing and moving to red states to make them redder. IL is a lot cause at this pony. Everyone one of these IL democrats will find they still have more in common with each other than with conservatives.
I decided after the Nov 3 election theft that I would retire to the Redest state I liked – I’m moving to SC where they laugh at and ridicule Leftist Democrats. I figured in a deep red state I could make it till I leave this earth.
One factor that may save America’s soul: there may be low numbers of military recruitment to the cause of Crony Socialism. At some point, the Crony Socialist Political Industry will need guns to enforce their policies which force non-friends-of-the-regime to work without appropriate compensation for benefit of friends-of-the-regime. Indoctrinated believers of the Crony Socialist Political Industry do not seem to be willing to put anything of their own at risk for their beliefs. Their Army will need to be mercenary, since it cannot be populated by patriots. This will require the entire Country to be impoverished so that Army service… Read more »