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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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Love to take a few of them at random, and have them explain the situation they are protesting. Wait for the nonsensical “ answers”. These clowns need to be fined the maximum amount allowed- and why it takes hours to open up the road is beyond me. Hope the vehicles used in the shutdown were impounded. Protest all day if you want, but, they have no right to this behavior.
You stood with your “comrades in Palestine”? You are to stupid to live .Your “comrades ” would shoot you in a New York minute. Good lord we have an epidemic of simpletons in this country.
Who made the decision to let this “wanna-be terrorist” group protest take so long to break up? Florida moved em all out of the way in an hour!
I love watching the video of Florida dragging them off the road. Would be nice to see that here along with serious charges.
Wow PPF. Something that we agree on. There IS hope for the Republic.
Protests in Chicago have zero impact upon Israel’s national defense policy.
Their overinflated egos tell them otherwise.
Israel will not stop with Hamas or Iran, Hasmas and Iran will not stop with Israel,
In Chess its a draw, in life it is a shame. Innocent people die.
The democratic convention in Chicago will be a disaster.
“We made our point. We stood in solidarity with Hamas in Palestine, and we disrupted business as usual,” Simone Tucker said.
Fixed that for Simone
“We stand with Hamas and the mullahs in the name of human dignity and compassion!”
“The dogs bark and the caravan moves on”.
Amazing so many folks suddenly understand a couple thousand years of history, ancient tribal hatred and the history of how that land has been inhabited for a thousand years. But ask them what the capitol of Montana is or whether the Mississippi runs north to south or west to east and wait for the answer!
The only river they care about is the Jordan River that goes from the River to the Sea.
Lock up these losers. Better yet, put them in leg irons and let them walk up and down the Tri State picking up trash 12 hours a day.
They are a protected class, they are untouchable.
Oh, they can be touched!