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While touting that “progress is being made,” the governor acknowledged that he was “concerned” that Congress may not act on a bill that would potentially provide much-needed federal aid to cities playing host to migrants. “So I’m concerned,” he said. When asked if that meant the City of Chicago and the state would be left footing the bill, he said: “Yes. And philanthropy. We’re doing the best we can with the resources we have.”
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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So how much should Texas get? They only ship us a fraction.
Philanthropy! That’s a good idea JB. As a good liberal progressive socialist who spent $300 million to get himself elected twice, certainly JB will be willing to crack open that offshore account worth more than $3 billion to care for these downtrodden illegals. Put your money where your gigantic pie hole is JB. Or are you all talk?
Playing host to migrants? They make it sound like the city is preparing for the Olympics or some other large venue. The problem is that these are not temporary spectators but permanents ones with nothing to spend only take.
Curious? How many of these jumpers opened bank accounts? After all they spent a lot of money to cartels to get them here so they must have toms of money.
I wonder if any of them carry crypto currency into the country ?
Denver said they will be straight up cutting their essential services by $180,000,000 to pay for the illegal migrants. Closed parks, reduced garbage pickups, fewer pothole repairs, LOL