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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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Yes there are. Lighfoot, Dart, Preckwinkle, and Evan’s are the leaders. Statewide its Durbin, Duckworth and Pritzger
Chicago always had/has Nazis and KKK members. They were most active in the 1970s’ Frank Collin Marquette Park and 1983 Chicago Mayoral Election. The Nazis and KKK members always sent scary flyers on Chicago’s Northwest and Southwest Sides. They wrote Letters to The Editors, to the major and community newspapers. ?
That was two generations ago.
Yes, that’s true. ?
A few to some Nazis and KKK still exist. Their views were passed down to future generations. ?
No, there are no nazis in Chicago. But there are real actual fascists – they wear black masks and go under the banner of antifa.
There are always a few wack jobs at any protest. However, biased reporters like Rich Miller prefer to focus on them, so as to create a false narrative, rather than all the other people in attendance, which is the real narrative.