Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer
April 22, 2026
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“If you want transformation in the state of Illinois you have to pay for it. It’s just that simple,” said Mayor Brandon Johnson. “As far as the specifics of how we generate revenue to ensure that, that’s an ongoing conversation."
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Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago Fiscal Crisis Worse Than Pre-Bankruptcy Detroit, HIV Surge and Public Health Threat From Open Borders Goes Unreported
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Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago pension buyout plan mostly shifts debt rather than eliminating it, property tax surge doubles inflation over three decades
April 3, 2026
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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.
“Transformation”. “Equity.” “Public accommodation.” Wow, the Mayor really has the snow machine going even into the middle of May. Any idea of how to pay for all of his nonsense? Nah. Just give me the dough and I will make the world better. This guy doesn’t have a clue how to get things done in Springfield. Lori was not ready for Prime Time, but this guy is even worse if that’s possible. The Capitol is laughing at his posse’s buffoonery.
Correction: “We public employees want transformation in the state of Illinois, and you the taxpayers have to pay for it.”
“ First we get the money!” Remember that?
It makes sense when you realize the population no longer has a sense of city duty, and they no longer feel a love for America or it’s people. It’s degraded into a third-world battle over limited resources looted and divvied up between various tribal groups. And no, it hasn’t always been like this. Sure there’s been corruption and graft since the beginning of time, but I feel like every mayor up until now really felt a sense of duty. The Daleys, Washington, and even Lori, yes Lori (despite her awful policies) felt a sense of duty to Chicago. This new… Read more »
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