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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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Crime is down, all is good, don’t worry, be happy!
Wonder how many of these boy scouts follow the gun laws on the books.
Ponder that as more gun laws are passed to restrict honest law-abiding Americans.
It’s not the guns, folks, it’s the culture.
They want to ban YOU from owning guns so they can hurt you with impunity.
But gangbangers can mostly keep their guns. Because they want high crime, they want you to be fearful.
It’s called anarcho-tyranny. It’s a way for a regime to keep its power despite overwhelming opposition and unfavorability.
Initially when all this divisive crap came down: open border, energy issues, tolerance of BLM and Antifa riots, crime, gender nonsense, no prosecutions, etc., I didn’t really see the ‘big picture,’ and thought it was just a perfect storm.
It is a concerted effort and I’m hoping beyond hope that our Republic survives this turmoil intact.