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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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Again, let’s defend criminals! WTH?
Just bring back the electrified chair!
Life without parole is reserved for those individuals who have committed such horrible crimes that they have earned that punishment no matter what their age is. Dont tell me that a 16 or 17 year doesn’t know that killing someone is wrong.
Spot on PYMTF. If 17 year old Rafeal Harvey was where he should have been a citizen would still be alive.
Why can’t Illinois pols comprehend that if a juvenile murders you you’re still just as dead.