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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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“Court hearings were too business like”. I guess that’s a reason to let some scumbag walk out the door of the justice system as they thumb their nose at the judge, the cops, the prosecutor and most importantly the victim. What a friggin joke!
It’s almost as if the legislature is trying to destroy Illinois society.
The destruction is intentional. They believe your concept of what society should be is rooted in white supremacy. You as a presumably white or white adjacent person believes that crime should be punished and justice demands that everyone follow the laws. It is because you are white, that is why you believe this. The progressive believes your values are harmful to BIPOC communities, and your values are white supremacy and racist. BIPOC are disproportionately incarcerated because of your white supremacist mindset. So, as I’ve said before, the Black Caucus passed the SAFE-T Act. The E stands for Equity. And Equity… Read more »
Nonsensical circular logic; a lot of that going around these days.
Our country is going quite mad. Evidence: results of last week’s election.
You believe that criminals should be punished. As do I. That’s our value system. However, our value system when applied to society results in a lot more black and brown people going to jail than white people. Because black and brown people commit a majority of the crime. But when you view things through a racial lens, and identity politics (which is essentially my tribe vs. your tribe), black and brown people want fewer of their own people in jail. So they call you a racist and they change the laws to free black and brown from jail. There are… Read more »
Years ago we did some work at the Cook County Jail – women’s area. While we were doing our research, there were three generations of women from the same family incarcerated there. Three generations: grandma, mother, and daughter. As I’ve been told repeatedly, there are huge cultural differences that I can’t begin to understand. Now I’ll be told it’s my ‘white privilege’ talking. Having come from a working class poor family we definitely don’t buy into the ‘white privilege’ B.S. If anything, we saw POCs move to the front of the line with affirmative action. Which, BTW, is a genuine… Read more »
You should youtube a court stream or zoom into a cook county traffic court hearing. it’ll blow your mind. There are no shortage of people who refuse to comply with the laws: everyone has suspended licenses, no insurance, driving recklessly, speeding 40+, all manners of mayham and antisocial behavior. Normal people look at this and demand justice. Everyone needs to follow the laws!!! Progressives look at this and say, Equity! All these BIPOC are being charged with crimes and violation of traffic laws, and its inequitable! Change the laws and decriminalize bad driving! The Soros prosecutors drop all but the… Read more »