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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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And they wonder why no one wants to live with them! Talk about dense and slo.
Chicago’s main exports to suburbs
— shoplifters
— carjackers
— ‘yute’ rioters
>>> the safety of everyone is and always will be first priority of our town.”<<<
That’s the kind of thinking that caused all the excess virus mitigation procedures…
“If we can save even 1 life, it will all have been worth it”…
If you worry about every potential threat, you would never leave your house…
Hmmm…
Maybe that’s the plan…
Once again, thugs are holding residents hostage by not letting them enjoy the warm weather. Thanks, Cook County, for your silly law enforcement policies.
ITS NOT THUGS ITS ONLY A CERTAIN RACE OF PEOPLE DOING THIS CRAP
Damn right
Yes, the preponderance of crime is from one demographic. But saying that will bring the wrath of the mob down upon you.
Some facts simply are out of bounds.