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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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Illegals should be in jail instead
“Smith and other protestors referred to the migrants as “illegals” and said they should not have been allowed to cross the border …”
Yes, they referred to them as illegals because they are illegals who should have been stopped at the border and turned back.
The building will house young single men and women – how long before there are anchor babies to further their claims for asylum?
The illegals are well-schooled on how to invade our country and take advantage of American citizens. Deport ’em all and let them get in line to emigrant LEGALLY.