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"Good and decent men like Ald. Lopez think of compromise. But shameless weasels like Pritzker and his violent radical left wing unions ruin the idea of common ground, they take over the streets, ramming I.C.E. vehicles and shooting at law enforcement isn’t about seeking common ground. It is about violent demands, like the old Confederate slave owners at Ft. Sumpter firing on union troops to protect their slave trade."
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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They are illegal aliens meaning they broke the law. Like it or not they are criminals and should be treated as such and deported.
Where do you draw the line between what alien supporters do In Chicago and what Oskar Schindler did in defiance of Nazi roundups? Schndler was protecting “illegals.”. How does anyone decide what laws to obey if they are willing to risk prosecution? Will you welcome tax increases to pay for jails and judges and ICE officers to punish ten million + criminals? I’m simply suggesting that you should get real. How about imprisoning or fining all homeless who are found in parks after 10 PM? … Impounding all cars found at expired parking meters? … Euthanizing all unlicensed dogs? That’s… Read more »
Of course Oskar Schindler knew he was saving people from concentration camps or worse, not just from being sent back to where they came from. And he didn’t expect German taxes to support those he chose to illegally shield. He didn’t flaunt his defiance as a signal of his virtue, because he knew that what he defied was truly evil and not a viral meme on social media.
These play-acting heroes have nothing in common with true heroes like Oskar Schindler.
So typical… leave it to Kass, Proft, and Ives to snuff out morale. Danrowski is surrounded by snakes.
There is no common ground. Illegals came in illegally and need to return to their home country and return the right way. Biden let them in and didn’t vet them. Illegals know that they will be deported if caught. Many chose not to be citizens and took the risk. Illegals are driving down wages and taking jobs from US citizens.
Nice in theory, impractical though. An estimated 14 million long term undocumented immigrants in the USA, most with families and jobs? Ronald Reagan’s amnesty just kicked the can down the road though. I agree with Alderman Lopez. Two tier, arrest and deport the Biden lowlifes and other violent criminals also found undocumented. For those otherwise participating in society, a pathway to be here legally. A way to earn a green card doesn’t necessarily mean citizenship, but is what’s best for our society and these otherwise law abiding families, many of whom have been here for more than a decade.
Participation in society is not sufficient. The goal is to be a self-sufficient participant in society.
How many people have been here for years, work very hard, and rely on government food and housing programs to sustain them while sending money back to their families in the old country? That has to stop.
“ Little Village returning to normal as ICE exits “ or something to that effect read a headline today. That tells me that LV is chock full of people that have been here for years and couldn’t be bothered to become naturalized or learn English.