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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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He is lucky that he was merely teargassed. A baton beating or deadly force are justified here. Prison time is required here.
So, don’t go to an ICE facility! Problem solved.
I hear that [deleted]
No rumors, please. Prove up claims like that or don’t say it.
Protesters stand on the sidewalk across the street.
Agitators trespass onto federal property and intentionally obstruct vans and officers
Let’s use the right term to describe these jackasses.
I hope there’s some video floating around to back up his claims.I’d love to see it.
A Newscum wanna bee. Good chance he gets into congress next year. The choices in the 9th district are terrible.
Guess you didn’t comply with the order to move . Or stupid to stand downwind .
Good. Lock him up for interfering with Federal agents as they should with anyone else. Would like to see him after a night with the general population in Cook County jail.