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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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It’s a sad state of affairs when law enforcement officers have to wear masks to avoid being doxxed etc.!
He/she was interfering with federal officers. go back to boystown.
These are strange times today in places like Chicago. From this and other stories, why do people think there should be no actions taken by law enforcement officers being harassed, sworn at, taunted, obstructed, etc.? People get cuffed, and they react like they got shot.
“ They “ should know that “ they “ can’t go stomping into an ER like Godzilla and interfere with an investigation. All a photo op on a par with Randi Weingarten slamming her fist into her palm and foaming at the mouth.