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Mentions of diversity and equity have vanished from the Pritzker Family Foundation’s website amid Trump’s attack on DEI.
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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Whichever polls more favorably for JB is the path he will follow toward his delusional presidential foolishness. At least his billions will finally be extinguished and put to use in the US economy. That’s a targeted “Tax the Rich” that I can support.
Recently saw a poll of presidential contenders for 2028 and JB wasn’t even on the list.
Self-preservation. The scumbag realizes he can’t win outside of the State of Illinois if he continues to promote that crap