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It's unclear why there hasn't been stronger action by the Biden administration, Sen. Dick Durbin said. "I wrote to him in May so it's been like four months, but I hope to find out."
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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Keep waiting, Dickie.
Gee Dick, when you were both in the Senate did you ever come to the conclusion that Biden just wasn’t all there?
If Biden was a surgeon would you want him to operate on your mother? If Biden was an airline pilot would you want to be in coach or business class?
Democrats aren’t winning elections…they’re stealing them.
Another example of the perpetual victim voter. Can’t accept the outcome of an election so you squeal like a child that they were stolen. Sore losers and nothing else.
When I read this comment I instantly thought of a comment from James earlier in the day.
As Mark told you James, these types of comments aren’t the norm even though you can see them here every single day.
Yes, I know that’s true intellectually, but what I read from the worst commenters here is upsetting in that its mostly opinion which means it results more from one’s own life experiences and prejudices more than from a far broader intellectual rationale.
As the famous New York Times columnist wrote in 1968, “How could Nixon have won? I don’t know anyone who voted for him!” You obviously don’t know any Republicans, most of whom believe the election was stolen. Heck, public opinion shows that even Democrats believe they stole the 2020 election. Do you know why this is? Because the 2020 election was stolen. And quite frankly, JB was ahead of the curve when he stole 2018, when even the Sun-Times was shocked that 800,000 brand new straight ticket Democrat ballots mysteriously showed up. Of course, the reason at the time was… Read more »