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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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This is unbelievable. 6 squad cars showed up and arrested her,put handcuffs on and paraded her thru the hallways for not having a face mask over her nose. Afraid this is just the beginning.
https://wrex.com/2021/08/12/woman-arrested-at-school-open-house-after-refusing-to-leave-following-masking-disagreement/
How many cops will stand up to this nonsense? The exact location of that thin blue line is not fixed in place and moves with political administrations. we republicans are finding ourselves on the wrong side. Cops just wanna go home at night and get that pension and they’ll put their knee on your neck until your mask goes on, because that’s what they’re told to do. It’s difficult to say I support the police when I know that tomorrow I could be their target for political and not criminal reasons. They’re mostly good people but their job is to… Read more »