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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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She needs to add a curfew requirement from 9PM to 9AM.
Also, please no carjackings during school pick-up and drop-off times. Kids get taken accidentally. Thank you for your cooperation.
This is definitely one of my favorite all-time Chicago stories. Could you gang members and shooters please just work defined work hours and not feel like it is ok to shoot people twenty four hours a day. After all, just about everyone else works during specific employment hours, so you should too. We have hours for leaf blowers, construction noise, etc., so we have plenty of precedent.
Actually a gang banger could increase his life expectancy by hitting the sack by 9 pm on Saturday night…..
ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS AND THEIR SOFT ON CRIME HORSESHIT: PEOPLE UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT: Chicago Group Asks Gangbangers To Pretty Please Stop Shooting Between 9 AM And 9 PM
This may be the dumbest thing I’ve read all year, and keep in mind I occasionally read the posts at CrapFax! These morons expect the gangbangers and thugs to limit their target practice from 9pm to 9am? Based on what, the highly principled behavior of gangbangers and thugs? Good luck.
They are going for the 3 nines. 9pm-9am-9mm