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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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Ok then. In exchange for this attempt to define deviancy down, I propose that the term ‘Illinois State Representative’ be changed to ‘Complete and Utter Imbecile’, and the term ‘Illinois State Senator’ be changed to ‘Craven Lunatic and Pervert’.
Now your talking.
These “traders” should first pay taxes and FICA for their newly granted societal status and frequent customers should withhold and remit. In our newly awakened world, people can’t just be takers!
The real reason Illinois politicians have made this change is they are tired of the old joke, “What is the difference between an Illinois politician and a prostitute? There are some things a prostitute will not do for money.”
Illinois should just legalize it. Then they would run all the businesses traditionally run by the mafia. They already have liquor, gambling and drugs. Why not add hookers? They will then officially be the criminal organization they have always aspired to be.
Sure, let’s get real on that issue! People are going to do what they optionally want to do anyway as history tell us repeatedly. Recognize its usual consequences and plan for them. Then, make it legal and a new source of tax revenue.
Yeah! And while we’re at it, let’s set up a pension fund for the hook.., er, “sex trade workers “ and a taxpayer funded scheme for the subsequent treatment of venereal diseases.
Absolute preparation for legalizing the sex trade.
My guess this would be in designated places probably starting with Casino’s.
Unbelievable is this all these MF’s in Springfield have to deal with, sick people, get out of Illinois let it sink beyond believe