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“We’re working on a program right now that is going to be representative of the fact that this is a national march,” said Hatem Abudayyeh, national chair of the Chicago-based U.S. Palestinian Community Network. “I think that there are organizations and individuals who will be here who have historically been supporters of the Democratic Party and said, ‘I can’t do this any longer.’”
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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I don’t think the protests will amount to much, and it’s doubtful much will be shown by the mainstream media. The only exception is if they really turn it up a notch and violence erupts. Even the mainstream media can’t ignore burning buildings.
Oh, darn – betrayed? That’s terrible…better pack your crap and head to Gaza to be with your people.
The fact that they are only now feeling betrayed does not speak well of their intelligence. The fact that they actually believed that any politician is “working” for them tells me that they are not serious people.
Everyone should feel betrayed by the Dems. After hiding the deterioration of Joe, they then effectively voided the votes of 14M fellow Dems by installing another puppet.
Yes and importing 20 million illegals and terrorists, Chicom operatives and Vebezuelean gang bangers.