Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon guest on AM560 with Chris Krok discussing CTU lawsuit agains Illinois Policy and more
August 19, 2026
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-- Connecting the dots between our economy, government and business --
Much of the routine trade and investment between China and America is entirely appropriate and in America’s interest. But inserting the Chinese Communist Party into America’s pay-to-play system and its economic development strategy isn’t just crossing a line. It’s a leap into an abyss of stupidity.
Illinois paid the price for embracing Fauci’s “science.” Here’s the retrospective.
In 1989 I was a relatively new police officer here in Illinois. When all of the pension enhancements were proposed, the first thing I asked was, “Are they sustainable?” I almost got lynched by my fellow officers who couldn’t believe I even asked that question because the politicians “promised” it WAS sustainable (imagine that). I explained that I would rather have a lesser sustainable pension than retire and find myself without any income in retirement. And here we sit! Please don’t lose sight of the fact that, in addition to the poor financial planning, the politicians HAVE played games with… Read more »
Law Enforcement Pensions are not the problem, anyone that has the potential to get shot at protecting the Public should not have to worry about retirement. But, even the nutsy pension program math that exists today could be balanced, if the state of Illinois wasn’t such a corrupt crap-hole, wasting Billions on social programs that do not work and have never worked, graft and corruption. The one that comes to mind here is the State getting ready to spend $4B on extending the Red Line. $1B/mile to build. It is insane. Then the transit authority in chicago claiming to need… Read more »
One of the things you need to look at in public pensions is the pension payment based on the base salary of the employee or the highest years of pay. Here in South Florida the Sun Sentinel newspaper did a series on public pension 10 to 15 years back. The poster child (and not the only one) was a police sergeant with the Davie police department. If I recall correctly his basement salary was about $85,000 a year. His last year he worked all the overtime he could, earing about $165,000 that year. Because of that his retirement pay was… Read more »
If you live in Illinois and DON’T know your already screwed you must be in a coma.
Pension costs are enslaving the taxpayer everywhere in Illinois and only going higher and higher.