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Frogs have been on the decline in the Chicago area.
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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Perhaps they’ve jumped back to France
Even Freddy the Frog has enough sense to leave IL. He advises us all to do the same, and hop to it.
Apparently, they’ve migrated south. I’ve never seen so many in past years here in Wabash County.
Anyone remember Michigan J. Frog? This was considered by many to be the funniest cartoon ever made if you have seen the entire one.
The entire video cannot be shown when I believe Disney bought the rights.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=michigan+j+frog+song&t=newext&atb=v370-1&iax=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DevgEJlOPoeo&ia=videos