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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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Neither the Tribune nor WGN has the guts to even show the symbol on their “news” platforms, because some people claim to be “triggered.” I call it censorship all around.
I had the same reaction. Really lame there Tribune.
That’s what the town supports, you voted for them.
Voters can’t be expected to vote for the right people. You’re acting as if voters could choose different leaders and get different results. That’s not realistic. Stop blaming the victims.
It would easy to get the impression that the sign is endorsed by the government of Northbrook, something the other sign says they don’t do. BTW, those being deported are illegal criminals, not people being persecuted for ethnic/ religious reasons. Goodman would do well to learn the difference.
Goodman has been a Leftist Progressive huxter in Northbrook for decades. I wonder his opinion regarding Israel and their hostages in Gaza? Sadly too many Jewish Democrats still think this way.