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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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It is difficult to believe that all these Venezuelans arrive in Chicago and somehow find means of transportation out to the Macy’s in Oak Brook where they immediately start stealing high end items. There is something larger going on. Are the being recruited into a theft ring that quickly? They aren’t from this country but immediately know where to go? And what would they do with all that Ralph Lauren merchandise other than sell it? What the heck is going on here?
Agree 100%. None of this adds up. All being orchestrated and funded by powers that are trying to destroy Europe and the U.S. particularly.
The Pope said back in September, regarding Europe’s own migrant crisis: “Those who risk their lives at sea do not invade, they look for welcome, for life” he said. “As for the emergency, the phenomenon of migration is not so much a short-term urgency, always good for fueling alarmist propaganda, but a reality of our times.” This is the attitude they take, the “is it wrong to steal a loaf of bread to feed your family?” has morphed into “is it wrong to illegally immigrate to the first world to feed your family?” and “Jesus was a migrant too!” nonsense… Read more »
There’s various different groups supporting the migrants: *The migrants and the NGOs, who do want a better life for the migrants (often, at your expense) *The globalists who are moving labor to capital instead of capital to labor *The Democrats who believe they can achieve a one-party state in the near future *The cartels that are making money off these illicit activities *Foreign government, mostly for nefarious reasons, by exporting their criminals, their poorest and most helpless populations, and to destabilize the US And about 25% of the US population, according to polls, believes the waves of immigrants are a… Read more »
Pre-existing criminal organizations are moving from Venezuela to the US. These are people who want and need money, and crime is simply the easiest way to get money.