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Panelists on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” Tuesday called for Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker to work with President Donald Trump to stop crime in his state after more violence occurred in Chicago.
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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This husband/ wife team of wafflers aren’t worthy of any respect as next week they will be advocating for the exact opposite position. They are entertainers ( to some ) not worth the CO2 they expel.
When morning Joe thinks the mayor and governor are idiots, they have a problem. How does JB defend the quote from the article: “Aside from June 2014, no other single month of June has had fewer than 40 murders in Chicago since at least 1970, according to WTTW, a PBS affiliate.” Wow. Many taxpayers work in the city and their tax money gets sent to Chicago. They have a vested interest in the city and the mayor cannot create chaos and still keep his hand out for state funds. Likewise, JB can’t count on Chicago votes and then turn his back on… Read more »