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“That is reparations,” a BLM organizer said. “Anything they wanted to take, they can take it because these businesses have insurance"
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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What do you expect from people with an IQ approaching “0”. If that!
Media needs to ask our elected officials if they will denounce BLMs endorsement of the looting. Please someone ask a non softball question!
This guy is not smooth, but he is not advocating anything not advocated by our duly elected mayor, state’s attorney, or county board president. They all advocate decriminalizing crime and restraining the police because too many men were being put in jail for committing crimes. They all won their offices with solid majority support in the primary, the general election, or both. Major media supported them and their platforms as well. They are just doing what they said they would do if elected.