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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 then if it’s legal for a illegal immigrant to possess a firearm in the State of Illinois then why do I a legal citizen of the United States and a legal citizen of Illinois need to have a FOID card to possess a firearm and buy ammunition. I think this judge has just opened a huge legal battle in Illinois.
The ruling did no such thing. What a dumb comment.
And all along it was presumed that the Constitution applied to legal US citizens, not whomever blew in through the door.
All this time you were ignorant. Thanks for sharing how little you understand about the law.