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“Any services they need, we want to provide them,” Rockford's mayor said. “But now, because of the federal court’s ruling, we can no longer send police out there.”
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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Hmm, where do they all go at night and when it’s cold and rainy?
Many homeless people are VETS, and are being screw over by society again.
Most workers are only a few pay checks from being homeless themselves, so always show compassion. I just love all you good Christians who do just what Jesus would do, bunch of BS, go to Church on Sunday and spit on the homeless the rest of week.
Good Christians it is Christmas time be thankful for all we have. Help the homeless.
Look at what you do the Worthless.
U.S. Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García is collecting nearly $70,000 a year in a taxpayer-funded pension while serving in Congress. Mayor Lori Lightfoot took $210,000 out of her retirement accounts to supplement her salary at City Hall — paying a big penalty in the process. And Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson has reported making $2,530 as a “media personality” on WCPT.
Here’s a video from John Stossel on panhandling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHoiVnID8vY
Are they paying any income taxes? All cash transactions. Soon they will accept credit cards or bitcoin. Next time ask the panhandler if they have change for a hundred and if they do they have more money that I do on me.