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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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Soon forgotten and will happen again.
Nothing new about cops killing unarmed and busting into the wrong house.
John Gotti should have the Teflon that the cops have.
Which part? That she was on the warrant? That they shot first? It is extremely hard to understand how these people make heroes out of folks who are the furthest from admirable…
This is not about “justice”…
It’s about “revenge”…
For “perceived” injustices…
The media can’t even broadcast the basic facts of the incident, hence why people like this have a distorted view of things. This is the danger of having a monolithic media complex in this country interested in pushing the progressive agenda. They fuel the flames of ignorance and stoke violence. I despise the MSM.
Shouldn’t the boyfriend who shot first be charged with her murder?
Damn good question. He does claim he didn’t know they were cops but were intruders. But if a jury concluded that’s not true, I would think he has a big problem.
I’ll bet those police officers who were shot are also saying it hurts
Who cares what these people say or protest. They are deluded, absolutely none of the people protested about were random innocents. All were either criminals, drug users, both — or in this case — the girlfriend of a drug dealer who decided to shoot at police. This is preposterous and the leftists people that lie to everyone, of all races, should be ashamed at how anti american they really are.
Yes, but they get a vote… If intelligence is normally distributed, the average is incapable of serious, critical/analytical thought…. (sheesh, even 1STDDEV from average isn’t that bright)
And, when you have knuckle-heads voting for raises, they will pick the highest offer…
Our way of life, predicated on, “…all men are created equal…” is doomed. So sad.