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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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Hmm, why are Palestinians in Chicago? Who let them in? Could they ever kill us?
With all the military aid given to the Ukraine does Biden have enough in reserve for Israel too? One might opine that the military resources should instead be directed towards the major cities in the USA like Chicago and Baltimore but that will never happen as the inner city thugs seem to vote blue and that is all that matters
When the Left wanted hate in a country it hates; it knew right where to import it from.
Biden gave Iran and Hamas the green light for this atrocity — by paying Iran $6B for hostages.
Everyone involved in that deal should be put on trial for treason — with the death penalty on the table.
Filthy terrorist licking shit-stains should all be deported