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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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Democrats love criminals, terrorists and pedophiles.
Facts.
Remember that the Imposter in Chief, Dementia Joe’s son, is a criminal, a sex trafficker, a drug dealer and addict and a pedophile but is the smartest guy he knows. The apple doesn’t fell far from the biden tree.
Democrats are a death cult that loves crime and criminals.
They have never met a victim they like
“Rep. Rita Mayfield (60th), sponsor of the bill, told the Center Square it’s a way for the state to save money.” Well, hell, let’s just not incarcerate anyone if the goal here is to save money, criminal justice be damned. Look at all the money we can save spending on union salaries, healthcare, pensions, facility maintenance, construction/maintenance contracts. “Now, if you’ve got somebody like a John Wayne Gacy, lock them up and throw away the key and, I don’t know, bring back the death penalty.” Only because he is white, if he was black he is the victim here. “We have aging… Read more »
Conducting swift executions of those on death row would save money too!
What benefit to public safety does this create? Arguing that older murderers cost tax money to house is irrelevant; they cost someone their life. Mayfield says “Prison should be for individuals who should actually be there, not for those individuals who have committed crimes out of stupidity, mental health, or drug usage. We want to make sure we are locking up the right people.” Why should stupidity and drugs excuse a violent crime or mitigate the penalty for committing a violent crime? Returning violent criminals to their communities at any age doesn’t keep anyone safer.
1,183 reasons to reinstate the death penalty in IL.
Why have any laws at all, these toadies will continue mayhem and murder for the rest of their lives. If this state is stupid enough to not have consequences for actions then
Screw all the politicians who vote for it.
What a useless group of individuals.
Only because these losers have not been victims……. YET!!!!!!
They all have security
That needs to change
I will not feel one bit sorry if it hits those whom created these laws and their families!