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While DeSantis made mention of Illinois’ high taxes, COVID-19 restrictions, critical race theory and school choice, he spent several minutes shaming Chicago for following New York in eliminating cash bail for nonviolent offenders. “There used to be, you could be a Democrat or Republican and still want law and order,” DeSantis said. “Just because you’re running in this Democratic primary, you don’t have to elect the craziest person in the primary.”
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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