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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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It is way past time to arrest those who put into place rules , laws, regulations that impede adhering to our laws. Start with Governor Porkulus.
E-Verify is absolutely essential
Hey JB and Kwaumie: It’s called ‘the supremacy clause’ of the US Constitution. Article VI, Clause 2. Better duck fast because you two clowns are going to get slapped on your chubby cheeks with it.
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VOTES! And they have big business allies who want never ending waves of cheap labor.
Democrats love criminals , terrorists, and pedophiles!
Democrats ARE criminals , terrorists, and pedophiles.