Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer
April 22, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
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"Though the mayor can boast that murder is down 13% in Chicago, according to the Daily Mail, crime in general — especially car theft and robbery — is up 17% in the Windy City. (Mayor Brandon) Johnson says reparations will help, and, in addition to $100 million for the prevention of violence, he has included in his 2024 budget $500,000 to establish a Commission on Restoration and Reparations."
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Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago pension buyout plan mostly shifts debt rather than eliminating it, property tax surge doubles inflation over three decades
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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.
I swear that Leftists like Johnson are mentally retarded.
Think back to high school. Think of the stoner dude next to you in history class so screwed around, got a C+; and then bragged about 18 ACT/940 SAT score, telling everyone he was stoned out of his mind during the exam. He always kind of struggled with things, he had to read the instructions on the pizza box twice, and still burnt it to a crisp. But he always had luck with the ladies, very charismatic, had lots of friends, but dumb as a box of rocks. This guy is now in charge of the City of Chicago. And… Read more »
BJ, incarceration of criminals would also fight crime.
Blackmail and extortion at its finest brought to Illinoisan’s as a divide and conquer vote buying program by the Democrats. The interesting new point though is the Democrats are focusing on helping the immigrants who will soon deserve their reparations too just as soon as they register to vote.
So is what he is saying is that a lot of the crime being committed is by descendants of slaves and giving them reparations will stop them from committing crimes?
Exactly how much money/person will get them to stop committing crimes?
Yes, that’s one of the ‘root causes’ theories of crime. They also have the naive believe that government can fix the ‘root causes’ of crime.
Kinda entertaining. https://www.foxnews.com/video/6344020133112