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"Safety is the exact opposite of what that bill’s gonna provide for the people in the state of Illinois," one resident named Warren said. "It will provide safety for our criminals." The lifelong Illinoian is trying to flee the crime-ridden state. "It’s falling apart, and it’s not gonna get any better. The entire state is gonna end up looking like Chicago before too long, where every other weekend there’s a mass shooting."
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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“Chicago…every other weekend there’s a mass shooting”. No, it’s every weekend…and most weekdays too. Total number shot in 2022 in Chicago was 3602 (heyjackass.com).
Actually, they haven’t been safe for a long time….
Anyone who supported the Democrat Purge Law deserves to be among the first victims of the crime purge they have unleashed.
If will be among the first to laugh and mock.
#schadenfreude
The Cook/County/Chicago democrats could care less about anyone or anything outside of their empire. They look upon folks from places like Effingham County as nothing but rubes, hillbillies or ignorant farmers. Nothing these “rubes” say has meaning just shut up and obey your Cook/County/Chicago masters.
BLM writes the laws-talk about tyranny of the minority! Hatred for POC will increase,