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The clip of Weekend Update host Michael Che's joke has soon gone viral on social media, as an X user who shared the video said: 'Even "left-leaning" media is laughing at Chicago.' 'Far too often, Chicago is the punchline to a joke. Elect clowns, expect a circus. Do better, Chicago,' the user wrote. Another user wrote: 'Oh boy, I'm glad I moved. Please be safe.'
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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REALLY ASHAME……CHICAGO USED TO BE ‘THE PLACE’……..LEADERSHIP HAS REALLY CAUSED IT TO PLUMMET TO THIRD WORLD AND LOWER
Chicago and IL have been the butt of conservative media’s jokes for nearly two decades now starting around the time of Blago. Liberal media finally realize how successful and funny these jokes are and wants in on some of the hilarity too.