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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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I heard Hunter is looking for work. Maybe a commission to honor the Big Guy. Seems only fit to put a statue of a corrupt politician in Chicago.
That’s right. A guy who’s been dead for 500 years is what ails Chicago.
I’ve got another guy to add to the Progressive Democrats list: Prophet Muhammed.
We need another tribute to DuSable
Going to replace the Grant Park statue with a “King” statue or “Chavez” statue. You can bet on it! All in the interest of “diversity”
Columbus was a bad man, tell the real history of him and it is brutal. Celebrating Columbus Day is like celebrating the worst of the worst men in history day. He never landed on the mainland USA. Reasons people criticize Columbus: Mistreatment of Indigenous People: Columbus enslaved, brutalized, and contributed to the deaths of many Indigenous Taíno people in the Caribbean. Forced Labor and Violence: Under his governance, native populations were subjected to forced labor, and many were killed for resisting or failing to meet quotas. Legacy of Colonization: His voyages opened the door to European colonization, which brought disease,… Read more »
Then let us take down all the native statues that honored indigenous tribes who also enslaved, tortured, and brutalized each other over the centuries.
Judging yesterday’s historic figures by today’s standards is a ruse by the progressives to remove every statue of every white male ( commonly known as “ the oppressors “ ) and replace them with people of more dubious backgrounds and behavior considering the standards in place while they were alive. Columbus, like many explorers, was a man of his times and acted accordingly.
Columbus was arrested and taken back to Spain in chains and had a trial for his behavior. Because he gave Spain mucho dinero they let him go. He also traded in underage girls for sex slaves to the Europeans. This man was doing everything wrong. The Queen had told him not to do what he was doing. His behavior was not the standard of the times. Read and study the truth about him and learn history.
Read about the Crow Creek Massacre in what is now South Dakota. Indians were scalping each other well before the white man reached them. Read about how nomadic Indians would settle into an area and strip it of natural resources. When those resources were gone they moved on. Why that story sounds familiar?