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In the 17 states where Democrats boast a “trifecta”—control of the governorship and both legislative chambers—the share is 98%. In the 23 states with Republican trifectas, it’s 47%.
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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In Illinois, the business of the state is Public Sector Union Government Employees. All the rest of us are chumbolones who exist to provide feed for their pig tough.
That dingbat couldn’t spell entrepreneur, leave alone know what it is. Obama tell her business bad. Communism good. Obama her god. She hate business. Orange man bad. The scary part is that 46% of the population will vote for her with zero accomplishments, zero intelligence, zero policy positions and zero interviews. Now show her who she can interrelate with so that she can do what she does best.
aaaah, yes!!–Chicago Illinois with its “trifecta” government was the perfect location /choice for KH-dems DNC convention/ coronation to espouse for THEIR “trifecta” middle-class …(or as us natives surfs like to call it the “guaranteed upper-middle class deals for me at the expense of thee” lifestyle). What’s not to like….EQUITY!!!