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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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Like I said before, he is a traitor.
You’re still here, Adam?
Last year, some conservative blog, can’t remember which one, had a long sympathetic article trying to explain away why Adam went full blown Democrat (CNN contributor, voted for impeachment). The author suggested that Adam was playing the long game, 5D chess or whatever, as he tried to moderate himself in anticipation of running in a redrawn moderately Democrat district, and asked us all to cut Adam some slack, so to speak, as he tries to appeal to anti-Trump but moderate Democrat voters. But in reality, the IL legislature always going to draw him out of a district, and hoping that… Read more »
Lets count how many congressmen and senators send their kids. We don’t owe Ukraine a damn thing. They made their bed by threatening Russia first. And this schmuck wants us to die and go broke escalating. Same goes for Taiwan.
I don’t know how true this is but Zelensky could be worth anywhere from $100M to $1.5Billion depending on the source. Not bad for a former comedian.
https://caknowledge.com/zelenskyy-net-worth/
Kinzinger is simply a waste of skin. A failed child like embarrassment to himself and his family. Go away, get a job, multiple corners need shoeshine boys.
…and he will be at the head of the column, leading the charge into the Russian hoard…
Can’t wait for his time to be up. Then he can go join MSNBC and sit next to Peppermint Patty.