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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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When will the burning & looting start?
Soon and lightfoot and Pritzker will be right there
There won’t be any widespread looting or damage. The wildlings (of all races) aren’t showing up to protest roe vs wade.
The best protesters money can buy.
You didn’t think that $50 billion was for Ukraine, did you?
…to his mansion to install some plumbing fixtures.
He was pushed down Dearborn on a dolly like The Dread Pirate Roberts!
“Following the rally, Pritzker led thousands of demonstrators along North Dearborn”
Most exercise he’s had in years. Did he have someone walking ahead of him dangling a donut from a fishing rod as incentive?
Pritzker sees dollar signs in the SCOTUS decision – he just wants to drum up business for Illinois’ fastest growing industry: abortions.
Wonder how he’s going to advertise.
Well, it does help fill the void left by Citadel leaving, right…???
And like the gas stations, he will just *compel speech* and force places to advertise…
Pot shop on every corner, abortion clinic next door. Business will be booming.
JB is too dumb to realize that overturning Roe v Wade is going to embolden downstate locals to force the closure of the few remaining abortion clinics not in bad neighborhoods. The clinics down there have to open in complete secrecy because if people found out about it they run into problems. Read a story a year or two ago that that a Planned Parenthood clinic opening downstate couldn’t find any local contractors to GC the job. They had to open an LLC and lie about the purpose because contractors refused to show up. When word got out it was… Read more »
You can judge a culture based on how it treats its most vulnerable.
The Illinois culture track record:
—Death to the unborn celebrated by all Illinois Dems. DCFS letting children die.
—The elderly left unprotected and ignored in nursing homes during the pandemic, even though one of the first mass outbreaks was a nursing home in Washington state. Everyone knew.
—Shameful treatment of caregivers for the handicapped by Illinois.
I thought it takes a village, right??
And contempt for veterans too — as Pritzker has allowed COVID to kill veterans in 2 different state run homes.