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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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Could 30K pro- Palestinian malcontents beat it over to Gaza and ploy their activism schtick there? Let’s find out.
When protesters block traffic or cause property damage, they should be arrested, charged, and tried in court. If the cause prop damage, they should be sentenced to undo the damage. Not like in Washington, DC where national monuments were defaced and the Dems did not hold them accountable.
I expect most traffic in Chicago to be blocked the entire duration of DNC. Certainly the expressways and certainly Ohare. These anti semetic vermin don’t have jobs or a life so what do they care about disrupting the rest of the city?
I should not have sold my old beat-up Pontiac.
Playing in traffic does not constitute a peaceful protest. If they want to make a difference, go back to your home “country” and take up sides.
The constitution affords these mostly foreigners a right to peacefully assemble, but, it does not give them the right to snarl traffic, cause mayhem and damage and mayhem.