When a deeply troubled city chooses to double down on all the policies that aren’t working, it’s like watching sailors on a sinking ship bailing water in instead of out. Welcome to Chicago. It might well be that some of the nation’s major cities have now created a self-perpetuating progressive vicious cycle, where the policies enacted make the residents most inclined to oppose them decide to move out, leaving increasingly larger majorities of the voters who support those policies.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago Fiscal Crisis Worse Than Pre-Bankruptcy Detroit, HIV Surge and Public Health Threat From Open Borders Goes Unreported
April 10, 2026
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Summary and audio linked 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.
“The unfunded liability for the city’s four pension systems is now $33.7 billion, more than twice the city’s annual budget.”
Have any past mayors, or mayoral candidates, given this issue serious attention? And by serious, I mean something more realistic than increasing taxes on O’Hare and hotels.
The opinion piece was surprisingly thoughtful for the Amazon Post. However, I think the author could follow-up with ‘Why is Detroit so attractive to Democrats?’
Yes, I was surprised they even ran it.
Read the comments to the article. The east-coast pontificates without filter. Everyone is a pundit, these days; facts don’t matter, just fly your progressive flag, loud and proud, ignorant of serious problems Chicago faces that can’t be fixed by progressive rhetoric.
Lol. I need to go wash my eyes now…
Glad to see you’re back.
DOA