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Gov. JB Pritzker, at a forum at the University of Harvard Institute of Politics Monday, said that there is no other way to fix government than by electing Democrats. "I mean, we have to go win in the Congress, in the House and the Senate. I don't know how to say it in any other way," Pritzker said. "There is no other way to break through. What would I change about the federal government? We have to win in order to get the policies we believe in."
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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even when they have all the power nationally, nothing gets done because they know it’s not popular. We have to stand tall and push back
Round boy is a Pox on the state and wants to be an even bigger Pox on the Nation.
Hard Pass!
In the picture he is demonstrating the technique he utilizes to devour the Thanksgiving turkey.
Pugsley only calls for bipartisanship when he needs GOP votes for a tax grab. Otherwise he is a partisan hack fraud