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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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The CPS should teach target practice class.
Maybe then we could feel confident the shooters would never hit anyone.
Why isn’t the weekly total ever published ??? Also , show how much medical treatments costs are for these shootings with everyone going to hospitals for surgeries and other medical treatment. Costs has to be in the millions and the taxpayers and hospitals are footing the bill .
I agree Bob! I also think the costs of this medical treatment should be deducted in full from any slavery reparations owed to these neer’do’wells.
Besides National Guard we need prayers , lots of them