Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer
April 22, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
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Audio and summary Illinois bill would override local law to allow homeless living in all public parks – Wirepoints
April 14, 2026
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If this bill passes, say goodbye to local control over all Illinois parks and expect to see open drug and alcohol use, needles, no sanitation and fire hazards, but no ordinary park users.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago Fiscal Crisis Worse Than Pre-Bankruptcy Detroit, HIV Surge and Public Health Threat From Open Borders Goes Unreported
April 10, 2026
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Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago pension buyout plan mostly shifts debt rather than eliminating it, property tax surge doubles inflation over three decades
April 3, 2026
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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.
Tax political campaign contributions.
That ought to make Pritzker very popular with the working class. Lol.
Like SCOTUS contorted itself to declare paying for insurance via Obamacare a tax, wish anyone working on a commission only or a base + commission basis coukd define their commissions as tips and be shielded from taxes. Whats the difference? That said, in Pritzker’s mind, anything can and should be taxed, except his toilets and Caymans tax shielded fortune.
Once again, IL residents become collateral damage in Pritzker & CO’s never ending nose thumbing at the Feds. It’s getting tiresome. Education reform, crime prevention, welfare reform, immigration policies- all ignored and wholeheartedly defied by the Marxists in charge.
Tax pensions if you want more money.
Can’t do that. Please, stop trying to blanket the site with mindless comments. We delete most of yours for that reason.
Add a 10% surcharge to any pension sent to an out of state resident.
Made it here contribute back
There have been others earlier advocating the same idea, but it’s clearly a ruse using another name to simply add a tax for the recipient and will be seen as such when disputed in court. It’s highly unlikely a court will support your idea since the “pension clause” of the 1970 IL Constitution denies the right to reduce or diminish an IL public employee’s pension.
But I’m sure Mr. Bhatt has no problem for working people to pay the way for the slugs. Pitting one class against each other is what its all about with the left.