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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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Installing the old vintage Polaroid on the dash or shirt is far cheaper. You may have one in the basement preferably with flash. The flash may deter would be criminals. Problem is all the pictures falling out of the camera and onto the dashboard may interfere with officers vision.
https://retrospekt.com/blogs/ask-the-expert/how-do-i-use-my-vintage-polaroid-600-instant-camera
The older cameras where you have to put in a new bulb every time you use could work but officer may burn fingers.
Why bother? Lil Kim won’t charge violent thugs who have shootouts on the crowded streets of Chiraq in the middle of the day!
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