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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 just happened a few hours ago
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/12/23/breaking-active-shooter-reported-at-oakbrook-center-mall/
Hmmmm…Any common denominator?
Note most are adjacent to Chicago: crime creep.
LOL,
Oak Park and Evanston Two liberal towns who got exactly what they voted for!
My god are all dems this stupid!!!
Oak Park and Evanston , next election make better choices
Why are these Oak Park White Woke Liberal Democrats complaining? This is exactly what they voted for. They should not be surprised at all. Guns don’t commit crimes, people do.
What a joke.