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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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So the majority of states aren’t supporting the Illinois’ lawsuit. Apparently it’s a minority position.
Citizens pay taxes which support officials who abuse them!
Census needs to be updated too so that non-citizens aren’t counted toward representation. Or maybe only count as 3/5 of a person.
I was just looking at the 1900 census, which clearly listed citizen status, and how many years a resident in the US.
Common sense is here to stay, a child of a US citizen born in another country is a US citizen. And a person cannot be a citizen of another country and the US, put an end to dual citizenship.
Remember folks, many SOTUS rulings have been overturned!
Remember Dred Scott, Plessy!
Hmm.. Joe signs a slew of harmful executive orders, ignores the Constitution by forgiving student debt and turns a blind eye to anti- white/ Asian and Jewish policies, yet Trump can’t do anything about the anchor baby scam. Interesting.