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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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The myth of the good natured illegal immigrant is just that: a myth. The illegal immigrant regularly breaks the law because they think nothing will happen to them and they have near zero understanding of the second order effects of their actions. They use fake IDs, fraudulent IDs, the take the IDs of others. They take out credit cards and debt under one social security number and then pay taxes under a second, like a TIN. Then they stop paying on that debt and use another social security number. Many times several people use the same number. Or they use… Read more »
A consistent -1 from someone who obviously likes open borders.
“As federal law does not require the use of E-Verify, this means that Illinois employers may not use E-Verify to check whether their employees are work authorized unless there is some reason (such as prior violations) that the federal government requires them to.” Federal law will never require the use of E-Verify, or anything similar, because it is not within their enumerated powers to do so. The real issue is State of Illinois corporate by-laws can’t compel employers to aid and abet illegal activity. Hopefully employers have already learned this lesson over the last four years, when they were told… Read more »
This is infuriating, tbh. I’ve never understood why there is no federal law forcing employers to use E-Verify. It’s an excellent and easy to use system.
I heard there’s union contracts that do not allow employers to do background checks on employees. Case in point at the United Center they were going to do a background check on every employee for the DNC. Food service union employees were not required to submit to it. They were excused from working the convention with no penalty.
marginalized workers = Illegal aliens
abused = enforced
We ban you from following the law. Next.
There are any number of federal government contracts which require e-verify. Under those contracts, failure to comply is not merely a breach of contract but could result in an impli9ed certification false claim action (off contract). One more reason to stay clear of Illinois if you are a business.
Most large companies do federal work – They will use E-verify as required.
Amazing how incredibly lawless Leftist Democrats are – they HATE democracy!!!