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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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Why isn’t this televised? I want to see the judge lunge. I suspect he was leaning in because he couldn’t understand the defense attorney.
BLM, Black Liars Matter
FJB, well, I cant decode that
LGB, Let’s Go Brandon
Kass nails all the points here. I also have no sympathy for Jussie and hope he serves time. He would probably enjoy it. Lil Kim should be charged for prosecutorial misconduct, for this case and for what she does on a daily basis. The liberal media has zero credibility at this point. President Mumbles gets a pass because he can’t remember what he had for breakfast and the giggle machine VP is just about past her 15 minutes. I guess failed Mayor Pete is on deck. He’d pardon Jussie in an instant and have him over to the White House.
If anyone thinks a Cook County jury will vote to Convict this POS I got a bridge to sell u
You’re right, it only takes one hold out.
Smollett’s defense in this trial is that the two Nigerian brothers forced Smollett to create the hoax. So when it comes right down to it, Smollett amidst all kinds of allegations of white racism is now blaming two black guys!