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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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So five lunatic Leftists get to disenfranchise me? I don’t think so!
Biden’s presidential candidacy should be challenged because off him and his administration, letting millions of people jump the US border without vetting causing havoc in almost every city in America.
watch Kwame find a way to get involved?
Trump was not convicted of insurrection, because he was never charged with it. In order to be charged with it you have to have an insurrection. A riot and an insurrection are not the same thing. UNARMED citizens walking peacefully though the capitol grounds and building, only as the result of being LET IN to those grounds. And the only violence occurring was a result of 100’s of federal undercover agents embedded in the crowd ILLEGALLY and violently inciting the crowd to enter those grounds as well as shooting rubber bullets on them. Is’t it the definition of “tyranny” that… Read more »
So, again, they were all just having fun apparently? That’s how Chicagoans area area residents are supposed to view extreme “misbehavior” Why did at least a few advisors tell Trump to put a stop to it? Yet it took him hours to do anything positive to do that. Isn’t his inaction an implicit form of approval, and his remarks to the crowd at the podium an indication of his approval as well as his intention? Sure seems like intentional attitudes on his part to me! This funnin’ behavior caused injuries and even death by those who were the Trump-fan aggressors,… Read more »
Regardless of the degree to which anyone believes Trump was involved in J6, removing a candidate for President from a ballot is not something that should be looked upon lightly. It most certainly should not be decided unilaterally by a state-level executive, who then giggles delightedly at what she did (Maine). Every single citizen, of every political stripe, should be supremely concerned by these actions. Unfortunately, TDS has overidden many peoples’ ability to appreciate the dangerous *actual threat to democracy* consequences of such actions.
There’s a thing in the conservative world, when someone suggests that J6 was an ‘insurrection’ or ‘attempted coup’, we immediately disregard anything else they ever have to say again, because if they believe something as idiotic as J6 being an attempted overthrow of a government, then everything else they believe is suspect too. I’m just saying, you’ve come dangerously close to the thin line of stupidity which conservatives believe exists, and if you get too close, you’ll know that no one here can ever respect you or your opinion again. So if you write something, everyone who read’s James’ post… Read more »
I’m not all that concerned about what most responders here think of my postings. Its clear enough most disagree with me most of the time, yet I continue adding my version of “truth” against the prevailing tides here. Take it for what its worth, all of you. All I can hope for is to have some people willing on rare occasions to take into account a contrary opinion to do so once again. To change a person’s mind isn’t an easy task, and most times you’re wasting your breath to even try. I guess, for example, at some points if… Read more »
If a ‘truth’ is your version, that is called opinion.
Absolutely right.
And opinions are like backsides, we all have one.
You might not have noticed here that opinions and truth seem ti be synomous to most commenters here. There numerous vitriolic postings leading to that conclusion. “That’s a fact, Jack.” “Truth” seems a malleable topic in the country ever since Trump’s arrival on the political scene. I suppose you’ve not noticed that either. Before then it seemed Americans could eventually on agree on most basics social areas of life. Now, its next-to-warfare on nearly everything
Excellent point. The “my truth” comments always leave me cold.
You sum it up well – thank you.
President Trump requested 10,000 additional police prior to the rally;
Nancy Pelosi, who as Speaker of the House managed the Capitol Police,denied his request.
Why?
Pelosi’s daughter decided to film a documentary of Pelosi THAT VERY DAY, not any other day, so there’s all this footage of that day. She just released her movie in October. WHAT A COINCIDENCE. What if J6 was really about Pelosi giving her daughter inside access to their next political theatre?
If you’re agreeing with Joe Biden that J6 was an insurrection, then you probably believe Epstein killed himself too!
If you believe one thing, you must believe another even when they are not the same issue—because YOU think so? Strange logic.
His point flew right over your head.
The point is that you’re too accepting of the government narrative and a little cynicism and critical thinking would do you some good.
And that’s one of the main differences, really, at the end of the day, between Republicans and Democrats, is that the Democrats believe whatever they are told, even if it’s not true, and but Republicans tend to distrust what they are told, even if it is true.
At the moment I’m watching CNN’s version of J6. I know you won’t likely join me in that, but you might learn something. Look for it on re-run: “American Coup: The January 6th Investigation.” Tear it apart if you wish, but do yourself a favor by at least looking and listening. Lots of evidence against Trump that day and by the people who were with him all through it.
CNN is not news. It’s an entertainment product, but it’s not news. It is no better than infowars, and likely even less credible, with a veneer of authority because of its legacy reputation.
I’m aware of the J6 evidence against Trump both for the challenging of the election and of the J6 riot itself… Whatever CNN is telling you is likely only half-true, with a chance it’s not true at all.
Well, I can agree that CNN is in the world of business where a primary goal is to maximize profits. To that extent I can accept your point of view. But, the Fox News viewers often seem not to see that side of what they are told and that can be a problem in local chit chat if taken to an extreme level of viewer devotion. Still, its a good idea as I see it to seek opinions which may differ from yours and ponder contrary reasoning. Abraham Lincoln is forever noteworthy for surrounding himself with such people as opposed… Read more »
I agree in part. I would say Trump’s greatest culpability with regard to the January 6 riot at the Capitol was to go back to the White House and spend a good deal of time passively watching the events on TV, which says to me that he had a meager hope that things might yet, somehow turn out his way. Yes, Trump “should have” more quickly taken to the communication airways, Twitter, etc., to attempt to calm, dissuade, and turn back the rioters. “This funnin’ behavior caused injuries and even death by those who were the Trump-fan aggressors, after all.”… Read more »
Trump haters call Jan6 an insurrection. Biden haters call it a demonstration that turned into a riot. These are all feelings and subjective. I believe the American people have been subjected to 6 years or more of brain-washing by the media, reading the same scripts developed by their owners to put forth their agenda and get rid of anyone who doesn’t agree. This created this Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) condition for many. People don’t like Trump, I get that – me either. Much rather have another conservative person as the candidate – we might actually effect change then. But so… Read more »
Well said. On illegal immigration there are laws on the books that deal with this, and have been so for a number of years. Congress and our Governments from both sides of the aisle have chosen not to enforce those laws for quite some time. You break the law you get fined or imprisoned. That was how I was brought up. Not gonna happen on immigration, ever, so we now have the makings of a lawlessness state. Dangerous times. No Trump or Conservative on the Republican side will ever address this. They do not want too. There are the Uni-party,… Read more »
My “what aboutism” post of the day is that the Democrats blocked Abraham Lincoln from the ballot in 10 States in the 1860 election…what about that?