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Wirepoints’ report crowning Chicago as the nation’s murder capital for the 12th year in a row was cited in the New York Post’s piece detailing the failed policies of Chicago and Illinois.
Read more from Wirepoints:
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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Anyone besides me think that graphic would make one heck of a postcard? Somebody that wants to get rich should get on it.
Who in the heck but a troll would down this?