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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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But IL will not clean up voters rolls, require voter ID , stop allowing people to vote from multiple address, stop allowing illegals from voting, and stopping dead people from voting.
A can of spray paint will take care of that camera.
It means nothing if the machine is not monitored for irregularities and voting registrations are not limited to citizens of the US. It is more likely someone’s buddy owns the company and will get a multi-million dollar contract from this nonsense. What a waste of money.
So they can count the ballots twice . Once at the drop off and then run them again in the office . Also the people dropping off the ballots will be wearing masks and hoodies . “ It’s the Chicago Way.”