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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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Why in predominantly white neighborhoods?
This past weekend the Chicago`s ghetto children attempted a 31st Street takeover of the tiny beach in Naperville. They failed and moved on to Glen Elyn where they pushed their way to the public pool without paying and dunked the manager. Sounds like the child soldiers of Antifa were trying to provoke a violent response from a wealthy white neighborhood. I have not resided in Chicago for three years and discovered these incidents via CWB Chicago (view the video links). Most whites are unaware of the low intensity race war underway. I was born and grew up in Woodlawn-South Shore… Read more »
No such thing as affordable housing.
“ NIMBY!” say the people that voted for Johnson and Kamala. Funny how they react when their resolve for the socialist progressive agenda they promote is tested. Glen Ellen and Naperville got a taste of the essence from the community and didn’t care for it.
Won’t be single family homes built but muti story buildings .