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“The Obama Center is not being built for Chicago,” lifelong Chicago resident Michele Williams said. “It’s being built for the world.” And the people of the world, Williams said, “don’t want us here. So what do you think is going to happen?”
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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It’s obvious that those who are complaining are white supremacists
“You get what you vote for…”
Spot on GM.
Here’s a quote Obama himself. “Elections have consequences.”
Or:
“Numbers don’t lie, people do…”
Lol…
Put all the displaced folks on a bus to Martha’s Vineyard
And save a seat for me….
If barry has an opening for a 65 yr old cranky pool boy who lies around and complains a lot at his pad in MV–sign me up!! I’ll assume the gig is union and im covered w gaurenteeted not to be diminished TIER I multi-millionaire $payout$ pension w 3% cola after a couple yrs (just like Brandon)…..
So comical – get it over with and put a Hammer and Sickle on it in red light. The East German industrial design is fitting.
Wait till they see what the structure looks like and they will be glad to be out of there. Who wants to live next to a power station cooling tower.
Being forced out of the Chitty is a blessing in disguise.
What ever happened to the noose that was found…I have a hunch.
You mean the timber hitch that is found on almost every construction site but for some reason the WMBE workers had no idea what it was? That?