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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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If these statistics are reported by MSM at all, it’s a five-second blip.
The nameless died again this weekend. No identities, no histories, no lessons learned.
Stupid, stupid chickens.
Spot on Pat. However, had a white cop dispatched a POC gangbanger we’d still be hearing about it.
After checking the stats on HEYJACKASS.COM it looks like 98% involved the usual suspects. Darn those white supremacists
Blacks have their own separate and parallel justice system. It’s called Street Justice where individual community members are allowed to seek their own justice. The state’s criminal justice system is systemically racist so they ‘opt-out’ just as one would ‘opt-out’ of website advertising or an email newsletter. As long as they don’t shoot too many innocent bystanders, or carjack a politician, they’re likely to get away with the crime.