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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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This is censorship – plain and simple and will open the door for the further eroding of our 1st amendment freedom of speech. It is up to parents to monitor their children on social media – This bill is really about eventually shutting out the voices of the people who you do not agree with or are threatening your agenda. This is not good. We are a Constitutional Republic.
DO YOU REALLY THINK YOU HAVE FREE SPEECH NOW??
This is Democrat’s way of snatching defeat from the claws of victory, by banning Tik-Tok and angering the youth voters who will spend all of their time ranting on other platforms telling their follows that Joe Biden is a piece of garbage.
THEY WOULD BE TELLING THE TRUTH!!