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"Illinois is going to be ground zero," said David S. Cohen, a professor at Drexel University's Thomas R. Kline School of Law in Philadelphia. "Illinois is just closer to more people who are going to be in states where abortion is going to be banned."
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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As a parent, I can attest to the miracle of birth and the importance of loving parents. While there are some compelling reasons for the medical procedure of abortion, we seem to have lost slick Willy’s perspective on RARITY. Also, that clump of cells that might become a contributing member of society deserves a bit more respect than many of the RvW folks offer… They do realize that, “There but for the grace of God goes I”?
Think about all the great reasons people come to Illinois. Gambling, dope and abortions. We really know how to attract the best and brightest.
Hopefully the downstate clinics will face a torrrent of overwhelming opposition and denial of access causing them to permanently close. The locals residents aren’t using these facilities to get these abortions – the article says it is mostly out of state people. It’s just a matter of time, I think, before the local residents kick these abortionists out of southern IL entirely.