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“Third terms are notoriously perilous, and things that can go wrong tend to go wrong in third terms,” said David Axelrod, former chief strategist and senior adviser to President Barack Obama. “If your attention is divided between running for president, which is a hellacious job in itself, and … dealing with crises at home, that is a very difficult balance to strike.
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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Who gives a rats as- anymore Illinois is so far gone it might as well burn to the ground
Saw that picture and puked in my mouth
Dog catcher would be a more appropriate office for Pritzker.
Vote Pritzker out. Republicans need to put up a credible candidate , not like the last election. And Republicans need to fund the campaign against Pritzker’s billions.
Wannabe and actual Presidents are frequently narcissists. Pritzker is no exception. Count on him to run for both regardless of the likelihood he will win the latter.
Nice photo. The Three Stooges ( DEI version ) laughing it up without a care in the world as they screw IL taxpayers face down to tears.