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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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Do red light cameras check race before issuing tickets?
Asking for a friend.
This is the excuse they use because they just want to issue fewer tickets to African-Americans. Which I’m OK as long as they try to issue fewer tickets to everyone, not just one race, because I hate those red light cameras.
“… come up with proposals to overhaul the city’s traffic enforcement system to ensure minority drivers are not disproportionately hit with tickets.” Just give traffic tickets to white people only. Problem solved.
The key to not receiving a speeding tickets is to not speed. There are more police officers with enforcement powers in minority neighborhoods because there is more crime in said neighborhoods. The probability of being observed speeding is directly related to the probability of being observed while driving by a police officer. More observers with enforcement powers equals more tickets. The “disproportion” they seek to avoid would be easily achieved by sending police officers to locations based on population rather than on crime. My neighborhood would welcome such a shift in officer assignment. Would they?
Bullets are Taxed.
This was rejected because the drive by shooters will use less Bullets.