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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 only crisis is getting these immigrants to work paying for the pensioner’s homes in Florida. get to work immigrants !
I’m suffering a crisis from the loss of yhe purchasing power of my savings. Where can I get some help?
Bwaaaaaaa! How many empty bedrooms at your home? Invite a family or two to live with you.
I love how these local reps are constantly „waiting for a response” from the city. As in, „we have asked for help…” and then they sit around and twiddle their thumbs. Then, when enough time has passed they cry about how their pleas went unanswered. Beautiful political theater. Here’s a thought.. how about YOU do something. You represent the ward, so get your community mobilized. What? You have no managerial or problem-solving skills whatsoever? Oh yes, that’s right. You won a popularity contest, not a „person capable of getting s**t done” contest. Also, I’m going to reiterate that no one… Read more »
No, you cant use the underutilized schools, those are about to become free housing for the hardworking comrades in the Communist Teachers Union.
What’s to address? Chicago is a sanctuary city. The city budgets for thousands of migrants every year. Just pull out the old playbook and process them accordingly. There is no emergency here.
Let’s see … Elk Grove Village, Burr Ridge, Des Plaines, Harvey, and likely more suburbs – have been recipients of Chicago’s sanctuary city’s off-loading policies.
Send ’em back to where they came from … and I don’t mean Texas.
Our resources should first go to homeless CITIZENS, many of whom served our country. Once they’ve been cared for we can turn our attention elsewhere.
Until then the only ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT expenditures should be to return these invaders to their own countries.
There’s a legal way to enter our country; why should we welcome and provide for people who break our country’s laws?
Taxpayers … it is YOUR money that will shelter, clothe, feed, support, and educate these lawbreakers.
Contact your representatives – let your voice be heard!
How much food and clothing did the alderman bring for the children?