-- Connecting the dots between our economy, government and business --
The law was part of several pieces of legislation Pritzker signed last month, including another law aimed at giving undocumented immigrants access to state drivers licenses.
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.
SIGN UP HERE FOR OUR FREE WIREPOINTS DAILY NEWSLETTER
8 U.S. Code § 1324 – Bringing in and harboring certain aliens
So will the Illinois GOP challenge this in court? Or will they be cowards as usual.
This guy has more “Chins” than a Chinese phone book. LOL.
IL Democrats need your house as crash pad for asylum fraudsters
Hmm, could this measure facilitate a terrorist attack in Chicagoland?
Old Joe feels that a 9/11 type incident is long overdue. Granted that this one won’t involve airplanes. Hopefully the victims will be residents of a blue state and they’ll be better able to “focus” their anger.
After the eviction moratorium, who would want to be a landlord anyway? Nobody wants to be a landlord anymore.
You are talking about decent people. The type of people who do this are SCUM so it makes no difference to them.
Well Pritzker continues to garner national headlines for his far left Presidential run at the expense of Illinois residents. Nothing new here and you can be assured it is going to get worse.
The reason for knowing immigration status is because those people are high risk for not paying.
Watch car insurance rates go up also – they have to. Illegals typically drive w/o auto insurance.
Pritzker and Democrats have once again harmed average taxpaying citizens to ‘virtue signal’ and try and buy votes.
Great explanation, unfortunately the virtue signaling liberals won’t understand or believe it.
Not true. Very few support this mess.
For those who need the reminder:
Undocumented Immigrant = Illegal Immigrant