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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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Toni will offer free transportation to the burbs.
While they screw over the law abiding, legal, taxpaying citizens.
Look how many migrants in central America and at the will get wind of this and come in droves since the welcome mat has been laid out. Remeber when Obama siad something similar and they came by the thousands now it’s by the hundreds of thousands and maybe millions. There is a reason this is happening. So many migrants who do not understand the language and are here illegally will lay low and not make waves when it comes to politics. Citizens who live hear are somewhat more informed and could if they want to change the political landscape upsetting… Read more »
Illegal immigrants are the only growth IL has.
Toni is eager to help Lori with this altruistic endeavor. Knowing full well Lori will bungle it! There’s more than a little hate in their relationship!
“…using these poor folks as pawns in that larger game, which is despicable,” Preckwinkle said.” Uh, and *what* have *you* been doing all these years, Toni…!!!??? Unbelievable…
Absolutely correct! Toni has played her constituents for fools all these years. Exactly what has she done for them?
I’m seeing a lot more panhandling at highway off-ramps in the suburbs and at busy intersections, often from women with children. I’ve lived here my entire life and I’ve never seen this before. But now, with hundreds of thousands of new immigrants claiming sanctuary, but no skills, jobs, or money, the begging and panhandling will only increase.
Same thing is happening in the Detroit burbs with many 3rd world types in hijabs.
To think my grandparents needed sponsors so they wouldn’t become a public charge. So sad what democrats have done to us. I sure miss the America of my birth.
Have seen a big increase in Rockford. I can imagine what Chicago looks like. Panhandling is huge in third world countries and so is crime.
Yup. Ive even seen families of gypsies and illegals on the city and suburban ramps recently.
Cook County also claims sanctuary status. The county should already be well prepared to accept a few busloads of migrants. What’s the problem?
“Poor folks” who entered this country illegally, and volunteered to take a bus from Texas to Chicago because Chicago’s where they’d prefer to be.
Pritzker et al brag-n-bloviate all of the time about taking credit for Illinois and Chicago being sanctuaries for illegal aliens.
Little Laurie and the DC and NY mayors just sound stupid every time they try to parse this into some sort of Republican evil.
The more they all talk, the sillier they sound, and the better I like it.
Preckwinkle and her posse are poster children for despicable.
Look in the mirror, Toni.
The headline should read “Cook County taxpayers to pickup tab for illegal aliens.”
There Toni, I fixed it for you.