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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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I didn’t know that driving while high was legal.
So this effectively decriminalizes drving while high
Alcohol is also legal. What happens if you get pulled over and they smell that odor???
One side simply has no common sense.
They constantly seek ways to pander.
Why do democrats always invoke the term People of Color when it involves criminal activity? I guess we all know the answer. The democrats again proving that they have no concern about crime. Love the criminal, hate the victims should be the democrats motto.
The criminals are on their side, they are allies and voters, so they protect them. It’s as simple as that.
Hmm, anti tobbacco usage regulations and rules are everywhere. Pot — not so much.
One drives like one lives. Live irresponsibly, drive irresponsibly.
It can also impair driving, idiot.