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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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He’s probably high fiving with everyone! He’s a local celebrity! The picture of judicious restraint!
Chicago politicians only want to catch him because he embarrassed them by exposing what demographic and lifestyle is screwing up downtown. If this didn’t get on TV and he did it and got caught, he’d be at Starbucks again in 4 hours. But boy, expose the narrative of Lightfoot that denies the demographics, now thats a real crime, exposing out Lori’s inability to mention the person-end of gun crime as the cause. Exposing a woke politicians demographic lie on TV is the worst crime you can do against a woke politician.
Why bother, Foxx isnt going to prosecute due to her restorative justice beliefs. Bond court judge will let the poor miscreant out of jail with no bond and a stern finger wave. Revolving door justice system in Cook/County/Chicago is just a waste of time.
If that idiot went thru with that and shot, it would have been all over the world
That being said, even HE knew that he would spend life for that moment, and apparently
valued his own at least enough not to pull the trigger
Just intended to mock the reporter and get a chance to be on TV, but I can guarantee you they will stop sending female reporters out there for these remotes if this continues