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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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“Failing to prosecute” only applies to those with a special card with the word “race” on it.
Mere possession of an unregistered machine gun is a federal offense; so why are Garfinkle and his jackbooted thugs failing prosecute the offenders? Ten years and $10k fines should be mandatory. Perhaps a huge spike in black gang machine gun shootings near the coming Democratic convention would be great!
Tell that to the dead airport administrator in Houston.
ETC: Little Rock
They are very, very concerned about guns used in violent crimes. Just not concerned enough to prosecute anyone for having an illegal gun.
Yes, and the feds are super-concerned about the ‘gun show loopholes’ now too even though the is scant evidence those guns are later used in crimes.
But they’ll be quick to bring a gun charge against you, deplorable…