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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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Did Stratton use a state-owned vehicle and/or driver to pick up and take home her stash? What are the state regs on drugs in/on state property?
The criminal enterprise in Illinois just keeps getting bigger and bigger.
Just wait till they legalize prostitution. I wonder which pol will be in line first. Any guesses?
Rep. Cassidy for sure, she/he/it is everywhere on these progressive issues.
State employees cannot use it State follows federal guidelines unless politicians exempted themselves
She was buying it for JB. Dude eats too many Twinkies and Oreo’s as it is.
I saw this on TV. After her purchase, outside the building, the ‘reporter’ asked her if she was going to actually use the product. She nervously said “I might”. What a complete and total fraud.
Perhaps she didn’t inhale…
Stratton’s team pushed to legalize it, so she shouldn’t be ashamed of using it. And if she’s not going to use it, she better make sure it doesn’t get into the hands of a minor, just like cigarettes and alcohol.
It’s going to be fun to watch politicians dance around the stigma of marijuana usage. I could care less what people do. Other voters might not.
looks like Stratton is in charge of the gigantic honey pot known as the R3 program which uses 25% of the tax proceeds from marijuana to invest in whatever social justice warrior charities she wants… any of which can have up to 10% administration fees without board approval https://www.iljp.org/r3factsheet
what a dumbass
It’s the only way she can stomach her job. Totally Buzzed!
Because our young people need role models?