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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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As sad as that is there were 789 Fentanyl deaths in Cook County in 2019 and 580 murders but 21,288 abortions in 2017 (latest figures) What does that tell us about our society? How many deaths by properly prescribed medications/and or medical mistakes? That is the 3rd leading cause of death. 1st is heart disease followed by cancer (2nd)
“21,288 abortions in 2017 ” Freddy, this is progress to Democrats. 20,000+ abortions is the statistic that shows people are getting the health care they need (well, the unborn child gets an untimely and grisly death, but that’s the point!!!) But that number is still too low in this day and age, and must be increased, significantly, to satisfy the ancient god מלך. These are the Hebrew letters MLK, which translates roughly to ‘Moloch’, the biblical name of a Canaanite god associated with child sacrifice. Moloch’s appetite for child sacrifice is insatiable as is the progressive lust for infanticide. Now… Read more »
If you are familiar with http://www.Naturalnnews.com one of the writers Ethan Huff has articles on moloch. Just search moloch there and keep scrolling down to comments once you read an article. The biblical verse “As it was it the days of Noah” rings more true every day because we are probably worse now than then.
I am not a religious man but I just like the practices of the ancients, and how 4,000 years later, we are still doing the same things, under a different name.