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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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Whether the new communists get permits or not, they’ll be out in force. Do these ill informed dupes for Hamas have permits when they decide to shut down traffic? Did BLM have permits as they preached death to the police from every piece of open ground? It will be interesting to see how the Dems handle “ the oppressed “ .
SHOULD BE INTERESTING……..HAD A NO NONSENSE MAYOR IN 1968 AND POLICE WERE ALLOWED TO DO THEIR JOB THEN!!!!!!
The 2024 DNC Riots will make 1968 look like a birthday party. Fortunately it will sour the rest of the US on all things Democrat and result in a 2024 Election Red Tsunami. No amount of Pravda media ‘Fiery but mostly peaceful” lies will hide the hatred, vermin, terrorism and violence that is the modern day Democrat Party. Their new motto should be: Hate Has a Home Here.
Wear a CTU or union shirt and they’ll leave you alone. Problem solved!