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The three major candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in March each used a union forum Thursday night to pledge their fealty to organized labor and vowed to hold President Donald Trump accountable if elected.
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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And as usual, all three support lawlessness and blame Trump for things they and their fellow leftists advocate for.
All three are axamples of Illinois sending its worst to Washington. Lacking an original thought or idea, Raja has been a useful idiot of the left since the AWFLs elected him.
There is a KING in Illinois . It’s the Governor!!
It would be a surprise if these three came up with any viable solutions. It’s much easier to sit around all day in a “ Bad Orange Man “ haze mumbling it over and over again.
Yep, what a surprise. Orange Man Bad. How original, thoughtful and helpful.