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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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“Did IL just try again to ban E-Verify?” – Yes. We stopped using it right after this past. It’s just become too risky. It’s a fantastic resource and easy to use, but these legislators want us to hire illegals. I cannot believe we’ve never been able to pass a federal law. What are we doing? Write your legislators!
Illinois enacts law which compels employers to break federal law, as means to aid non-citizen voters.
Democrats bring in illegal aliens and make it very hard to deport them, in order to gain votes and political power. Democrats don’t have the best interests of our country at heart. Apparently the new law bans E-Verify, and Sen. Javier Cervantes is lying about it. Lou Sandoval, president of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, also appears to be lying. Employers like hiring illegals, if they can get away with it. IDOL Director Jane Flanagan clarifies it by saying in effect “Uh, I don’t know, but we will be working on general guidance in advance of the effective date.” “Clowns… Read more »
I dare you, US Citizen, to work and file taxes under a false, fraudulent and stolen SSN or TIN, and see how long before the IRS puts you in jail. But if you’re an illegal? No problemo!
Who wants to be an employer in Illinois anymore? Pritzker and the Democratic lawmakers are working against you every step of the way. Stores and businesses get robbed by thieves on a regular basis with no consequences. Now employers are being told they can’t screen job applicants.
GOP must take this to the courts and eventually SCOTUS.
They should. Companies should do the same. But do our politicians have the political courage? No. They are too afraid of being called a racist.