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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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Kim Foxx, BLM and the Defund/Eliminate the Police nutjobs are convinced that every Cop is a criminal, every criminal is a victim and every white victim deserves it. You know. reparations.
So this is Kim’s fault? I didn’t catch that on the news.
Fat ass Foxx is trying to spin it now
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-chicago-police-officer-slain-charges-20230302-ikx4ez6mqfdmnc44dfxixhyw4q-story.html
No, the blame falls squarely on President Trump, the NRA, lawful, law abiding firearm owners, Republicans, conservative Christians, white people and anybody who voted for Vallas because he happens to be a person of a prohibited race, White. Got it?
This is Vladimir Putin’s fault.
A vote for Kim Foxx is a vote against Putin. And when she wins some neighborhoods with vote totals of 95-5, Putin will blush, and be ashamed of his unpopularity. TAKE THAT, PUTIN!