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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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Agreed. Decent humans DO exist. The Police can’t stop and can’t even get out of their cars. If they did, they would HAVE to do something…and that something would not be pretty for the cameras – because it can not be pretty. Enforcing the law isnt always pretty. Violence put upon innocent people need to be met with swift action and greater Violence against the criminal. Period. It is the only thing that is understood. There is no fear of jail, no fear of arrest. The only thing that impact these criminal’s behavior is how bad of a beating am… Read more »
Cops doing the job expected in this day and age under the thumb of democrat politicians, nothing.
Give this lady the keys to the city for her good Samaritan courage
It’s easier to be a good Samaritan when you’re not worried about being fired or being prosecuted.