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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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Chicago is the way it is because Herself is a spineless coward. Look at the way she goes nuts when a reporter doesn’t bow; her bully boys jump in! She’s fckd the city and can’t do anything.
Smile and wave. That’s what the mayor and police chief have ordered. Let the thugs run wild.
Nobody is going to protect you but yourself. Get a gun and learn how to use it.
Spot on Mark, sad that government has failed in its #1 job function but we are.
When some future Edward Gibbon writes his magnum opus on Chicago, he’ll have a chapter dedicated to Kim Foxx.
And number 1 function of federal government is to protect our borders both fail
You’re ideas of government are antiquated and archaic, like from the 20th century, duh!
The number 1 function of the federal government is EQUITY.
Worst situational awareness ever dude.
Thugs gone wild, with no consequences. Sad Chicago is ruined. Exactly what all these woke liberals voted for.
Linked to ten other robberies. It just shows that the people that commit these crimes do it over and over again. Criminals don’t stop at just one, they only stop when they get arrested. Eight hours later when they’re set free they start again.
Once again Folks, your metal American Express card — don’t leave home without it.
If police are barred from chasing, they serve no purpose
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