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"I'm here to stand with every one of the people who stand for our children every day," Warren said to thunderous applause and cheers.
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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Warren has a new campaign ad
https://youtu.be/I7FyyVwYEds
FINALLY! Illinois gets some love in the primaries! It’s been a long, long time since any presidential candidate showed up here (other than Trump in 2016 when he was chased away by antifa). Sanders AND Warren! Buttiegey, where are you? Harris, why don’t you be calling too? Biden, come on Biden, we miss you so much! Stop on by!
She’s not winning over any Bernie Bros.
I think she’s doing this just to get votes. If not, then she’s simply misguided and misinformed.
Warren is a born liar. She lies about everything. She lied about being Indian, lied about suffering discrimination because of her Native American ancestry, she lied about being fired because she was pregnant, and she lies about Medicare for all and all aspects of her agenda. Nothing she says can be believed
Get this crazy ass bitch out of here. Brings all her ideas and no money to pay for them.
Just like the guy who shows up for a pot luck dinner and only brings a fork.