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Quentin Fulks was deputy campaign manager for Pritzker’s 2018 run, and in 2020 headed up the “Vote Yes for Fairness” ballot initiative committee that tried to pass a graduated income tax in Illinois. U.S. Sen. TammyDuckworth is vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, and part of a chorus of Midwesterners touting the “Blue Wall” of the Midwest, primarily Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, as being key to Biden’s success.
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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Two useless tools added to the biggest useless tool’s campaign. Whoopie!
I wonder if Fulks had difficulty as a child learning to spell his last name.
Mostly voter fraud in WI/MI
So walls are good, just not to stop massive illegal immigration and drug running and child trafficking and allowing criminals and terrorists entry. Maybe the border wall should be painted blue with DNC signs?
People respect Duckworth, until she opens her mouth.
When Dems move their lips 99% of the time they are lying!!
The fact that one serves in the Military does not mean one would be an effective legislator. See Tammy Duckworth.