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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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Mr. Smollet is narcissistic and delusional – likely desirable traits in an entertainer or politician, but not a good formula for a satisfying genuine life.
The damage he did to real victims is incalculable. He owes a major heartfelt apology to the LGBTQ+ community and all people who have actually been victims of hate crimes.
The whole circus he orchestrated is an embarrassment.
I think his sentence should have been harsher.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Kim Foxx loves the taste of those crows she’s gotta eat.
Works for me.
Bye Felicia!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT90D0GKZRM
Today is a great day for Schadenfreude
I know that’s true but not all that admirable. Basically, i’m a Freud not.