Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer
April 22, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
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“If people want EVs, they will buy them. If they don’t want the EV, they won’t buy them,” said state Rep. Brad Halbrook. “No amount of taxpayer-funded subsidies will ever change that.” Halbrook added the massive tax incentive package given to EV manufacturer Rivian Automotive equates to a $1.5 million for every job created.
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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.
Do ya think a billion or so dollars could be applied towards the looming pension crisis instead of thrown away on a failing EV manufacturing company? What relative of Pritzger has a monetary interest in Rivian?
Stay away from EVs unless you like throwing your money away. I go where I want, when I want, and can stop for gas and be on my way in 5 minutes. Pretty much anywhere in the country.
True that. The Climate Religion has warped minds into accepting these civilizational downgrades.