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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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Thw Atlantic awards Trump points: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/08/dc-crime-trump-democrats/683878/?utm_source=feed
The trib isn’t a real paper anymore. Pure puff pieces and that’s why I cxl’d my subscription
As a downstater with no recent visits to Chicago I am not really qualified to opine on this issue but from what I read I am inclined to agree with Trump regarding his opinions of the current state of Chicago’s affairs.
You live and pay taxes in the communist state of Illinois. You have every right to submit your opinion. What you are not affected with now may flow into your part of town any time.
Cage liner Trib tells Trump to stop insulting CHI ( most adults refer to it as telling the truth ) and proceeds to insult him. Fish wraps’s writers apparently don’t understand that Trump is doing what no blue mayors seem willing to- put the clampdown on crime because their fruity, feel good initiatives aren’t cutting the mustard and residents of every stripe are getting tired of “ teen takeovers “, broad daylight muggings and assaults, a murder being committed every dozen hours or so, etc. The rampant lawlessness enabled by the Dems during the summer of Floyd and cheered on… Read more »
Crime in Illinois will go the way of Illinois government pensions, out of control!
The Tribune sat silent while Lightfoot absolutely trashed the CPD throughout 2020. The state of the department and policing in general, is Lightfoot’s legacy. And of course she winds up in a university gig, teaching “governance”. What a disgrace!
There’s a reason John Kass left the Trib.The once great paper is now a joke with the TDS progressives in charge.
Note to the Trib:
DJT does support the CPD. In fact he even came to Chicago during the Lightfoot administration to speak to the National Convention of Police Chiefs. Lori and Eddie Johnson boycotted him and the convention.
Mark, could I have a future as an investigative reporter for the MSM?
So the communists at the Tribune are now pro-police?
Wonders never cease!
Omg the gall of the Tribune to even publish this, look at Pritzker, Brandon, and Taxwinkle