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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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It’s actually a really good idea for these people to be in a concentrated area. It makes the hunt that much easier. They are too dim to realize that.
Hundreds? Try a couple dozen. It really is different this time. It seems even the Downers Grove AWFLs aren’t dusting off and doffing their women’s oriface hats and taking to the streets.
Sorry, but these folks have TDS and are brain damaged. If they would simply listen to the words and plan, they would understand what is happening. I guess most of these people like having criminals and gang members in their communities. Their chanting seemed to be about how they don’t like what the President is doing in Gaza and Ukraine…but he really didn’t do anything there yet, but talk about it. Seems like they need to be protesting in Delaware in front of Bidens home.
I assume “hundreds” can mean anything from 200 up and from watching videos on other news outlets I think the Sun-Times headline, while perhaps factually correct is rather misleading. We have learned earlier this week based upon employee layoffs that this fish wrap is in decent and just may not be around that much longer. Who would have thought that the concept of freedom of the press would be twisted into freedom to twist, misrepresent and sometimes downright lie to further certain political goals? The Sun Times, guilty of all of those transgressions, can not just die fast enough. Take… Read more »
the only big story here, is why only a few hundred out protesting evil MAGA Donnie when the cities under attack!!! Where was the army of $highest paid in nation$ CTU red shirts working their $$$hustle$? What’s Brando, Stacy, JB, libster press, etc, etc to do????