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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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Demographics on who are committing these crimes????
How many of these residents voted for Democrats in the last election? Did they think by electing more democrats that things would change? There is no opposition. So why should anything change? You’re nothing but collateral damage to democrat policies. The reason nobody goes to the meetings is because people know that the meetings are for show and will never result in any changes. Learn to live in your slavery or leave. It’s up to you.
The answer is that stupid just can’t be fixed. They voted, they got what they asked for, boo Hoo.
What happened to the south and west side of Chicago during the 60’s and 70’s is now happening again on the north and northwest sides. Crime will drive out the long term residents of these stable neighborhoods and new populations prone to gang-banging and criminality will fill the void. Much of the northwest side these days is unrecognizable anyways, it’s more like driving through Nuevo Leon than Norwood Park. Northwest Highway is practically a deadzone in most parts outside of Edison Park and even EP has too many vacant store fronts. Don Juan’s packed up and left and moved to… Read more »
The Northside has become the happy hunting grounds of gang bangers courtesy of Northside voters.
At least hate has no home here.
But there were 104 robberies in the district last year! Hooray, crime is down!