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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 wouldn’t stop on the West side for a hotdog at 3:30am even if I were wearing a bullet proof vest and carrying. That’s crazy time on my watch. As for the trigger happy shooter, he should just claim insanity. Who could argue.
Awaiting charges from state attorney Foxx. Obviously the police officer intimidated the man by standing in line and upset him while he was ordering his chili dog and grape drank. The man had to defend himself from the racist white supremacist and fired in defense of his life. The police officer should not be standing in line waiting to order a hot dog as he was most likely about to shoot the man in the back for no reason. JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD!