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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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I see that Porkulus Maximus is hallucinating and living in a dream world again. Nice try at deflection though. He really should try to govern rationally and do something to actually better the lives of the citizens of Illinois instead of ranting about nonsense. I wonder if his family has a genetic mental illness with his cousin being a trans and JB having delusions of grandeur.
If Trump was going to use troops to stop people from voting, the first thing he would do is severely restrict and/or confiscate guns. That was the purpose of 2A – to protect you and your rights from gov’t tyranny. Oh wait, that’s right… that’s what Gov. Spaulding has done and intends to continue. As Queen Aretha would ask, “Who’s zoomin’ who?”
If we had voter ID and got rid of the machines, this state would be Republican.
IQ smaller than his waist. Just make things up as you go and say them loudly – dinomedia will carry your water. Not sure who I pity more: leftist pols or their voters.
Does that mean all the dead voters and illegals won’t get to vote ? Do you mean our elections may be legit ? Is that what he’s afraid will happen ?
Pritzker just wants to make sure the illegals vote.
He is accusing Trump of going what Pritzker and the Dems have done for years. If illegals are not voting like JB says, legal citizens are not going to be afraid to vote. The problem is that JB won’t clean up voter roles by removing people voting from multiple addresses, illegals and dead people. The Secretary of State refuses to notify the election board when people move so old addresses can be removed. Dems won’t require proof of citizenship in Cook county in order to register to vote.
The Dem/commies have rigged the election in Chicago so tightly that voters cannot challenge them. The Dems will win even if no one votes. Pritzger is a silly man.
These Dems sure like to spin a yarn or two. Trump’s snatching innocent people off of the streets! He’s in collusion with the Russkies! His tariffs are going to destroy the economy and tank the market! Blah, blah, blah. Yep, Dems truly relish their unicorn fairy tale time.
WTF is Pritzker talking about? How does temporary deployment inhibit voting next year? Just his usual lies and hubris. And Johnson doesn’t want more police, he wants less police. But not less than the 159 on his detail. Nothing stopping him from hiring more, though for those interested in becoming a policeman there are far more attractive options in the metro area, the state and across the country than working for a CPD that has to deal with the worst of the worst and is vilified by politicians, white liberals, and DSL mopes (not that CPD is without problems needing… Read more »
Stirring the pot PIGSTER !!! Like the national guard will be around til Nov 2026 or 2028. You are in FAVOR OF DEFUNDING THE POLICE TOO!!
Interesting that Pritzker alleges that Trump should help hire more police yet I thought in the back of my mind that Pritzker was aligned with the Black Lives Matter’s position of having less police. Who wants to bet that Pritzker’s claim of wanting help is really just another whine for more money in true Illinois politician style?
Does Pritzker have some secret Nazi Germany fetish, where he dresses up in Deutsche Drag as a Fat Fraulein, helping Colonel Hogan outwit Sergeant Shultz and Colonel Klink?
We’re in the hell is Pritzker coming up with this, 2026 vote him out of office we the people of Illinois do not matter to him in light of what he says. The general election is in March of 2026 it was stated that the National Guard would be in Chicago till the end of Sept at Great Lakes. What is wrong with Pritzker is he running that scared of what his future in politics holds, keep talking out both sides of your mouth and see what happens Pritzker people have had enough of your party’s violence especially you calling… Read more »