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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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Sanctuary state, sanctuary city are just examples of dumb politicians doing a 180 of Trump’s policy. Most of these citizens thought if Trump is for it I’m against it. Right now they’re mad about the money going to migrants, wait til the money runs out and crime really starts spiking from these migrants. Ask these people how they would compare the results of Biden’s energy, trade and foreign policies to Trumps and how it affects them, guarantee you’ll get a bunch of incoherent mumbling. They listen to the lies of the democrat party and now they’re mad they’re paying a… Read more »
The money isn’t going to migrants. They’re pocketing the money.
Chicago has been a sanctuary city since Harold Washington made it so in 1985, when then-Mayor Harold Washington issued an order prohibiting local officials from withholding city services, investigating or prosecuting people solely based on their immigration status. (lifted from Axios).
They won’t ever vote Republican. They’ll just vote for different candidates in the primary, which is the real election is Chicago. With only 10% to 15% turnout in the primary, this will be difficult, but not impossible, to overcome.
Even CNN is admitting they’re screwed. LOLOL
According to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, former President Donald Trump narrowly leads President Joe Biden, 49% to 45% among registered voters, and among voters of color, men split about evenly, 49% Trump to 46% Biden. CNN’s Van Jones reacts.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2023/11/08/van-jones-donald-trump-joe-biden-poll-vpx.cnn
CNN polls are not reliable.
We’ve seen this play before and it always ends badly for Republicans. Polls show tight races and then the give me free stuff crowd votes Democrat no matter how many times they’ve been screwed over by Dems. The fact that those votes come in large middle of the night vote dumps bothers nobody.
I think the large middle of the night dumps bother lots of people. They’re part of the reason why I’m here posting every day.