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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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Well apparently not weary enough to vote out progs….
The cognitive dissonance is strong with Don DeBat: “Although this writer is not a fan of former President Donald Trump’s plan to build a giant border wall…”. Then, Mr. DeBat, why did you write an article asking if “Chicagoans are growing weary of the sanctuary city crisis”? You are not a fan of the border wall, the logical conclusion being that you support the invasion of illegals. Duh! As to Chicagoans in general, they voted a few short months ago to endorse exactly what is happening right now! Elections have consequences. Get out of your bubble! And oh, by the… Read more »
At the end of the day, all they care about is abortion. They’ll accept every other abuse from their government but don’t you dare touch their sacrament of abortion.
They really are a death cult.
But you have to admit to a lot of voters it is all about abortion and the heck with everything else