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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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Why didn’t our new strict gun laws prevent this tragedy? Can a Democrat chime in about this? I’d like an honest answer.
They have no answer like everything else. They thrive off of chaos
Actually Brando, people are allowed to be outraged every day, and they don’t need your approval. Many are outraged at the never ending incompetence and arrogance that you display every day. Please, just shut up and get one thing right.
Yeah,,,,,,,resign…….the right thing to do!!
Hot off the WSJ press is this article —-about homicide dropping dramatically in all cities nationwide. Except for Chicago which only shows a 7% decrease in 2024 and we are still homicide capital of USA for big cities by a long shot. Absolutely rock-bottom morally despicable.
Homicides Are Plummeting in American Cities (https://www.wsj.com/us-news/murder-rates-down-new-york-san-francisco-philadelphia-508b6855?mod=hp_lead_pos3)