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Rahm Emanuel, never humble about his political skills, is trying to accomplish something that seems far-fetched even for him: push his Democratic Party—rooted in the identity politics of the left—to the center.
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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Rahm reminds me of Madonna, the Kardashians and Robert DeNiro. Just please, please, please listen to me. I will do anything to stay important. I am so desperately trying to stay relevant. Everyone– except them– know their time has long past.
Who’da thunk, two Illinois “billionaire bros” running for president in a state where only are “public sector hero bros” get ahead at the expense of everyone else?……..what a joke
Rahm here to make sure Pritzker doesn’t win nomination. While Democratic Party likes Pritzker money, they don’t like the Pritzkers, Penny or JB or assorted cousins and siblings, and want no Pritzker ever in White House.
Hell…this could happen. All the democraps need is a workable candidate, someone more middle (seemingly) and one who doesn’t sound completely nuts. Once they have someone like that, the media machine will kick in and begin the process of enhancing TDS in all the liberal loons and promoting this guy. They will try and run Trump into the ground again and who ever Republican is running. Like it or not, most people do not know Rahm, most people in the US barely know who he is, but they know he was associated with Obama…and that’s all you have to say… Read more »
Dems rash a cadaver against Trump and beat him. That’s how bad a candidate Harris was. Also, their celebrity filled convention was just plain vapid, shite, full of identity and emptiness.
Rahm knows how to talk to people and fake like he cares. He might be able to do it.
I’d imagine D’s give Obama a pass every time. I agree with everything else you said. Pritzker is only a formidable candidate nationally in his own mind and to progressives. Nationally, the politics he brings failed spectacularly. Rahm is keen to that and has pivoted accordingly. The MSM are already trying to get Emanuel traction. With all the gushing goodwill JBP receives in this state from Chicago media, it’s a wonder he would want to move on. But I suspect it has something to do with the shambles he’s leaving behind after blowing through the billions of federal COVID $.… Read more »
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