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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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Did anyone ever believe Chicago could elect two Openly Racist Mayors and both would be Black
Spot on. Whodathunkit?
Well BJ, thanks to your ilk you’d never know the US won the Mexican American War.
Brandon is following the Marxist rhetoric of the CTU too closely, and he’s leaving the population of Chicago behind. Helping the next opportunistic wave of (Democrats hope Democrat-voting) migrants from “oppressed” locations (Gaza, the Middle East generally, Mexico, all of Latin America, China, Africa, what, Afghanistan?) is not helping Chicagoans — and it is certainly not helping African-American Chicagoans. The CTU and the Democrat machine will run him again, and they calculate that with enough pressure and “get out the vote”/ “activist”/ “local pastor” outreach he will get re-elected. I still think they might be right; but he is pushing… Read more »
Enforcement isn’t something Johnson cares about. Spreading funds to cronies and playing the race card are his specialties.
Always plays the race card.
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BJ, simply shut up. The only people who might be afraid are those who have violated the law. You know what? It’s appropriate they are afraid: THEY BROKE THE LAW.
The mirror is a harsh mistress, BJ, stop advocating for willful disregard of the law you freaking goof.
Wow. I got nothing. What the hell is he talking about? It doesn’t make any sense. What a moron.
Homie is the proverbial suspected fool that opens his mouth and confirms that he is.
And the country would be a better place
Please someone give him a gorilla glue chapstick so he stops embarrassing the city
Is he stoned? I admit that isn’t the most intelligent response to Brandon’s latest pronouncement but it’s the kindest explanation I can think of for the idiotic statements he makes.
Yeah…I don’t think he’s stoned…he’s just a moron.
“Just when I think you’ve said the stupidest thing ever, you keep talking…”
Not getting the analogy.
Oh my gosh, Chicago has to be the laughing stock of America now. Does anyone in Chicago realize that, and do they even care?
If this guy doesn’t shut up he’s gonna have his ass handed to him in the next election
If you listen to entire press conference, clearly Brando sees fighting donnie as his us against them legacy moment….while most of us residents just want competence ( https://youtu.be/EnwgcTsnMCE?si=VewJr_NoXMPuKjf6)