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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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Maybe Kass now can write a article on how noble the Looters and Rioters are.
John: Nine time out of ten; no, make that ninety-nine times of a hundred, I agree with you but this time you are way off base. The President is not one iota responsible for any of this rioting and anti-American violence that is ripping apart the Democratic Party strongholds of this country. The Democratic Party is. Democrats run both the State of Minnesota and Minneapolis, the city where all this started. They also ran Chicago when Laquan McDonald met his end and don’t forget, it was a Democratic States attorney that refused to prosecute. Almost every one of… Read more »
Where was that hard nose tough guy take-no-bullshit attitude when she “negotiated” the teachers’ contract on behalf of the citizenry?
Kass, try not to be a useful idiot.
As blunt as Trump is he’s never had to resort to base expletives to make his point.
Next time you’re feeling hoity maybe you’ll consider the only thing between you and fascist Dem hoard having their way with you is Trump.
I like how both JB and Lori took the bait so easily. In engaging Trump, they’ve both displayed their idiocy on the national stage. And sorry Kass, but considering who we’re up against, Donald Trump is exactly the sort of president we need right now
Why are people so hung up on his tweets? Is it that he’s too blunt?
Because Twitter is the progressive’s online temple and Trump’s presence sullies their sanctuary. Trump’s blue check mark infuriates them. He’s not ‘one of them’, he doesn’t share their values, and they want him gone.