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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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SAFE T is doing exactly what it was intended to do. Coddle criminals, reject public safety, and in essence defund law enforcement. Remember, democrats hate you.
Democrats are pro criminal. A repeal will never happen until Democrats voted out.
Can’t happen soon enough. But Putzger will veto it. He has bodyguards and needs vote
Newsflash Pat- Dems love criminals. Look at the way they are currently being enabled in LA right now by Newsome and Bass. Expect more of the same from Waddles and Homie soon.