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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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Guess which group gave IL its unconstitutional hate crime laws! I was required to read 1984 as well as well as Animal Farm back the early 60’s while in CPS. Today in Zerohedge there is an report that Knesset passed a thoughtcrime law banning all criticism of the official narative of the Oct 7th. I am happy that Trump signed a law banning free speech expression on day one!
Hate speech should never be protected. This display is anti Semitism. Not surprising in a Democratic city
Attempting to frame this as a free speech issue is ridiculous. Any person or group whose work was not chosen for display could make the same argument. The display should be taken down immediately, and whoever approved it should lose their job.