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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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Gee, what are ya gunna do if the Police DO help ICE? Fire them? Half are leaving anyway because Illinois is pro-criminal and anti-law enforcement.
How does “don’t arrest people solely based on suspicions of illegal status” morph into “don’t turn over people arrested for criminal activity to ICE! Rauner signed it!”
Leftist logic at work.
Then why are they policemen? For the check? Get rid of them and start over.
Burner phone. See something, say something as our law enforcement departments remind us to do.