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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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If India, with a population of 1.3 billion can process every vote manually (they do not use machines) AND get a result on the day of the election then so can we.
We should do away with all electronic voting machines. Paper only, in person, on the day, with ID, except Military.
Voting must be in person with ID on election day unless the registered voter is deployed military.
Otherwise, the cheating will go on…
“If the ballots lack a postmark or if it is illegible, ballots can be counted if the voter dated and signed the ballot on or before Election Day.” This is how they commit fraud. There’s no reason to allow a late ballot without a postmark unless you intend on committing fraud. There’s a reason why blue states have such lax voting standards. It’s because Democrats cheat. Our Democracy(tm) has been around for over 200 years and in-person voting on election day worked just fine just as it does everywhere else in the world. I don’t know how anyone with a… Read more »
Mail in ballots for Nov. 8th will still be counted in 2030. Remember Newman on Seinfeld?
https://uproxx.com/tv/8-things-newman-from-seinfeld-taught-us-about-the-postal-service/