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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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Where was this poll taken, Chicago city hall? There are still “Pritzger Sucks signs all of many of the rural areas and outside of the Chicago area Trump signs were 3x the signs for Harris
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The poll is as worthless as Pritzker himself. A new low for him, which is really saying something.
JB the Hutt reaches into his trust fund (who are we kidding, Commodius Maximis used taxpayer funds for this) and buys himself a confirmation bias poll.
The useless, NPR-owned Sun-Times steps right up to polish the turd into a propaganda piece. No matter how much you hate the media, it’s never enough.
Don’t think that these polls are biased? Here’s a poll question asked by notable lefty imbecile (and fraud and waste apologist) Bill Foster:
“Do you agree with President Trump pardoning those charged with crimes on January 6, including persons charged and convicted of assaulting police officers?
_ YES
_ NO”
These are the kinds of questions these political animals use in their polling. Imbecile Bill forgot to ask constituents what they thought of Biden pardoning his crime family and the J6 Hoaxers. I’d say it slipped imbecile Bill’s mind, but there isn’t a whole lot of available capacity in there.
Ronald Reagan as also had a task force to find ways to reduce govt costs. Businesses provided the personnel of which I was one
Golly. A ‘poll’ generated by JB and his yes men. That’s certain to be unbiased and tell JB exactly what he wants to hear: “America loves you and the 2028 Presidency is a certainty”.
And note that they didn’t (supposedly) poll Pritzker’s approval rating. Hmm.
lol. Is a biased poll. Did they poll anyone who doesn’t live I Chicago or DuPage county?
LOL they polled Musk’s approval rating. They really believe that insinuating that Musk is actually president is funny. Musk is only going to be around for a couple more months, he’s a special employee with a limit on the number of days he can work in government without becoming a regular full time employee. That’s why they are working at light speed 120 hours a week right now because DOGE’s time is limited.
The article is behind a paywall but I would guess the questions on the survey aren’t exactly unbiased. Still not a believer that this governor has a 50% approval with how he has prioritized illegals over citizens, especially in the inner city. Another article said the approval rating was based on 510 responses from a text survey. Not exactly taking a pulse of the voting public but he can think anything he wants.
No paywall for me.
Sun-Times articles are free. You just have to sign up but no paywall.