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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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OFFICIALLY SICK TO MY STOMACH!!!!!!!!!!!
Who is running the show this time? antifa.com
I’m confused (which isn’t hard to do), who officially authorized raising Palestinian flag? or was it done unofficially by protesters/ Muslim group?
Protesters did it, apparently with no authorization.
then, which flag did they take down and what did they do with it?
Don’t know. And this Tribune article doesn’t say, either. Nothing else on it I have seen.https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/11/group-raises-palestinian-flag-in-the-loop-calling-attention-to-gaza-humanitarian-crisis-flies-high-with-strength/
“It is considered disrespectful to raise another country’s flag higher than the United States flag. According to the search results, flying another flag higher than the US flag is considered a breach of etiquette and a sign of disrespect. The Flag Code states that no other flag or pennant should be placed above or, if on the same level, to the right of the flag of the United States of America.” These mongrels should be arrested for this act and then kicked out of the country. But in Chicago, you have a mayor who sides with terrorists so nothing will… Read more »
pres sides with them also
What the hell is the matter with people? Good God?!
Hmm, I don’t suppose that next Saturday the city will raise the Israeli flag in Daley Plaza?
Actually that’s today at noon, pending weather.
Chicago’s day of infamy, the surrender.
Never did I imagine that I would see such a thing in the US. Have we figured out yet that we have a serious problem? And who have been the cheerleaders for it?
the one with the thumb down sides with them for sure
Of course. Chicago is always winning.