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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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Public Safety is not a real thing in Chicago. None of your masters actually think about it, leave alone do anything about it.
Congratulations to Paul Vallas for stating the truth. Remember, this guy was a leader in the DEM Party. Of course, today he is non persona in that party.
On the other hand, look at Adam Kinzinger. He is a total turncoat who is trotted out by the Left at their convenience whenever they want a piece to trash Trump.
Crime statistics haven’t been truthfully reported in places such as CHI, BAL, LA etc. since Joe took over and the rampant crime was making his voting base look bad. Mayors such as Johnson are all in on the shell game.
The statistics in this article are staggering. Each one of those statistics has many, many victims as families, co-workers, neighbors, and friends are left to deal with the broken glass, bloody ground, and lifelong physiological harm.
Well stated. Unfortunately criminal acts are tolerated, even encouraged, in Illinois; victims be damned.