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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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“ You know, look, I don’t have a clue about anything the CTU doesn’t tell me to do. I won’t address who’s shooting whom where and will spin into the inherent racism of America and blame it on white supremacy.”
BJ keeps talking about a lot of work that needs to be done……WHEN YA GONNA START??
Bj already started and did nothing and will do nothing. All bj lip service
In 1881, Cook County’s coroner received little help from the Chicago Police. Patrolmen and detectives were overworked, poorly trained, and easily corrupted. “One jostles the elbow of a murderer at every angle of the street, and yet the law seems powerless to bring the evil-doers to justice,” a leading Chicago businessman complained…. “The police are weak and their leaders inefficient.” A ten-dollar bribe to an arresting officer, some offenders discovered, was sufficient to have charges dropped. Patrolmen in uniform brazenly patronized saloons and brothels while on duty. Gambling czar Mike McDonald made regular payments to officers of all ranks, including… Read more »
So where are all the social workers that are supposed to de escalate these gang shootings? Have any suspects been questioned? Ah, who needs police anyway when shootings and homicides are down? While Brandon grieves and offers support services. Tell that to the victims families.
At some point payback will be a bitch!