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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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“Increased arrests” that’s the police not Foxx. No mention of convictions or incarceration.
It happens to be a Federal offense with a five year minimum sentence for a felon to possess a gun. turn them over to the Feds they will do at least 5 years not probation from Kim
There should NOT ever be repeat offenders. Lock them up the first time.
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