-- Connecting the dots between our economy, government and business --
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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I am 100% on the side of freedom, and support individual choice in these matters.
But I will not abide our “leaders” making separate sets of rules for them and another set for me.
If we do that, we are condemned to more and more of this, and we might as well be getting ready to bribe the guard at the gate anytime we want something.
I will not give them that power.
So what who cares these are desperate times, people need haircuts, shoes,clothing but are great leader chuckles the clown (Pritzker) took it upon himself to decide what is essential and nonessential. Give people a break and grow up these are tuff times for everybody for sometime to come.
Probably had no business turning the police station into a salon but that self-employed stylist likely needed money to feed the family. These are extraordinary times.
Agreed. Performing services like this on government property is wrong but earning a living by providing a service that someone else wants is right and necessary. It’s the very definition of free trade. Both the person performing and receiving the service are well aware of the risks and yet they still concluded it was worth it to engage in this form of free trade. The speakeasy hair salon.
If people are worried that these types of situations are further spreading the virus then they should stay locked away until they feel safe. The rest of us will move forward.
I could make the argument that police officers need haircuts to keep the hair out of their eyes. Otherwise they won’t see crimes being committed because their view is blocked. So technically, a haircut is a job requirement for the job, and therefore, essential. Suck on that JBelgua.