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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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Kwame, not content with a dysfunctional Illinois, wants to work his magic in Idaho.
Raoul thinks Idaho is a baked potato
This all makes sense when you realize that Kwame is just a cog Democrat Party machine that decided to transform the Attorney General’s into a social justice lawfare arm of the Democrat Party. Kwame has an 8 figure operating budget at his disposal to use any way he likes. No one oversees him. Kwame, who came out of nowhere politically, and is really absent in all political media in the state, was told to transform his office into a massive taxpayer funded political action committee (PAC) with a staff of hundreds of lawyers. Thus far, they haven’t been very competent,… Read more »
Sounds like the parents of this disturbed 7th grader are using their daughter as a virtue-signal prop. Kwame Raoul and 20 other politicians are using her as a political prop. Sad.
Kwame: little boys use the little boys bathroom and little girls use the little girls bathroom.
That’s common sense based on science (biology). Isn’t that the way you were raised?
Or are you not aware that if born male, you die male. Same goes for the gentler sex. Messing with Mother Nature has consequences.
Before sticking your nose in another state’s business, perhaps you might want to get Illinois’ business in order.
Just say’n.
Great use of Illinois taxpayer money there Kwaumie.
Transgender students have no more rights than any other student. And certainly should not get any special privileges. The privilege granted them is just tolerating their mental illness while out and about.
The clipboard holders would approach me on Michigan Ave and ask if I supported gay rights. I would tell them “No, I support equal rights”.