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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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Well maybe Urbana and many other cities need to more concerned for their law abiding, tax paying, legal citizens instead of the criminals. And they are all criminals when and if they came into this country illegally.
Wasn’t it in Urbana where the illegal under the influence plowed into some students, killing at least one female ? I wonder how her family is feeling about the safety, well- being and inclusion?
That’s your argument, cherry picking ONE situation in ONE place and trying to make political hay out of it giving the impression it likely happens lots of times everywhere—all because we have immigration thought by many to have run amuck? It’s those damn immigrant? Give me a break!
Illegals have killed many people in many places by driving under the influence. It is far from one incident. And again, one has to wonder how the parents of the dead girl feel while some schmoe goes on about safety blah blah. Give us a break and admit that letting 10-20M illegals into the country unfettered only to be supported with billions of tax dollars was a bad move designed to sway the election for Democrats.