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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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Yeah, better yet, pack your stuff and head over to Gaza and provide real help. Then…do not return.
In peace protests, is it standard to chant for the elimination of a nation?
They are asking for a ceasefire and to stop the genocide of innocent civilians.
You, Truth Seeker, should lay off the kool aid.
They are demanding Israel stop defending themselves against Hamas, Hezbollah and other Iranian backed terrorist organizations so that said organizations can plot another October 7th. Oh, and chanting “ Death to America” , sometimes with elected officials being present and standing alongside them condoning it.