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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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This is how they voted in ancient Greece.
https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-greece/ancient-greece-democracy
https://www.history.com/news/ancient-elections-voting
So, it’s come to this in Evanston, the only obligation of citizenship is the privilege to pay taxes to support the non-contributing.
Stupid chickens. REALLY stupid chickens.
Sorry, you shouldn’t have the right to vote if you are not a citizen. If you want to be active then you can campaign for the candidate of your choice.
And so the first step in allowing the illegals to vote appears…
There’s a whole lot of stupid in the Democrat party.
ALWAYS HAS BEEN