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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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So let’s blame the police for being excessively violent when they are being ambushed and increasingly shot at all the time! Ridiculous! Typical left wing, corrupt Illinois political figure. Why doesn’t he do a ride-along in one of the several violent districts and see if his survival instincts kick in without caring a firearm. Idiot!
Ridiculous “consent degree” ridiculous investigations by CPD oversight agency, COPA, ridiculous idea that policing is a gentle job when dealing with violent people, ridiculous oversight on anything an officer does. In 2009 there were 61 police involved shooting, so far in 2025 19. 4 months of this year there were no fatal police shootings yet with approx 2.5 to 3 million interactions with cops involving multiple issues the cops are out of control, ridiculous, BS! May i suggest checking HEYJACKASS.COM to see the numbers from 2012 until this year. On a side note anybody who considers jointing the CPD,DON’T.