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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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Probably on the receiving end of a pistol whipping and the gun discharged. Whenever using your weapon as a cudgel, Safety On!
Let them stay on the beaches – problems seem to arise when they’re shuffled into the streets.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the city’s response is to close the beaches, starting with this weekend. The Boystown parade on Sunday will require extra patrols, so there will be even fewer officers available to patrol the lakefront.
If closing the beaches is what is required to stop this civil disturbance, that is what should be done, like now.
Great video here: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=404448798280114
CPS barely closed and Chicago’s honor students are already looking for something to do…
This is simply an issue of a complete lack of parenting. But, hey, let’s double-down on the progressive policies that have worked so well.
2 cisgendered Parents is racist, sexist, white male patriarchy and a Eruo-colonial construct. Did you not get the memo?
CrimeThug Mob Wilding Season is in full swing