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“This is the most unusual situation I’ve seen in my entire lifetime, where we have no transparency and the federal government is not policing itself. Even the offices of inspector generals are being dismantled under this administration. So we may never really know what the truth is,” the governor said.
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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Criminal Illegal Aliens who use deadly force against ICE agents deserve to be shot. Period. One less to clog the court system on the way to deportation. Good riddance and let this be an instructive lesson to all other criminal illegal aliens. But JB jumps in front of this parade because he cares more about criminals than about taxpayers, victims or police and foolishly thinks that it will help his 2028 Pritzker for President campaign..
Dear Pritzker, shut up and go away!
Didn’t hear anything from you went the Ukraine lady was KILLED on the subway .
That we know the deceased was here illegally and had multiple reckless driving convictions when he decided to try and run over an ICE agent is far more transparent than anything America’s Worst Governor has ever served up during his tenure.