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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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Typical Chicago idiot voter would say:
I’m sure this poor, helpless, victim will never commit a crime again.
Why would anyone even think of keeping her locked up??
All she did was assault 4 police officers.
What is the phone # for Mayor Beetlejuice replacement? I need to call him because these 4 cops should lose their badges.
Great future for Esmerelda with the life-affirming chest tattoo.
Tijuana has an accommodations industry of sorts that would be a good fit for her.
Once Chicago’s sanctuary shit-show crashes and burns, this b**** should be the first one deported back to Mexico — she can work at the donkey show in Tijuana