Protesters in the Loop said this is likely their last protest before the Democratic National Convention comes to Chicago in just 10 days, but they are ready to march again if needed. Audio: Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon says Chicago pension buyout plan mostly shifts debt rather than eliminating it, property tax surge doubles inflation over three decades – Chicago’s Morning Answer
April 3, 2026
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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.
Illinois lost another 54,000 tax filers and dependents, net, according to the IRS. Since 2000, fleeing taxpayers have taken $94 billion of annual adjusted gross income with them.
“Terrorists, Anti Semitics and Useful idiots take to Chicago streets to protest Israeli defensive airstrike in Gaza”. There CBS, I fixed it for you. You’re welcome.
When you chant “from the river to the sea” people aren’t going to listen to you or care about your protest.
And why is this news worth.
Killing of innocent woman and children is of no use or of no good.
There is going to be hatred for generations now on both sides.
War kills lots of innocent people.
All lives matter.
October 7, 2023.
Who can be against killing terrorists? Am I missing something?
Please pack your S*#t and head to Gaza. This country has a different history and relationships in the middle east. They clearly do not align with your thoughts…so…again…pack you crap and head out.
They don’t have to go to Gaza. The could go to Jordan, or Egypt, or Saudi Arabia or..Oh wait, they cant as no other Arabic country, save Iran, will allow them.