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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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Durbin and Duckworth and Biden have all said “White men need not apply”. Only underqualified women of color with little relevant experience will be hired. Outright racism.
If Durbin and Duckworth being in favor of her is not reason enough to vote against her, I don’t know what is. The fix is in. And Vance is right about Moishe Garfinkel.
A only respected member of the Cook County states attorneys office is the friendly janitor who actually does something. Everybody else, I mean everybody, no such thing. Just another political hack.
Senile Biden names Fake Prosecutor KIm Foxx’s “ethics” officer as US attorney — typical
Yep. A real piece of work….
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/644859865-former-ethics-official-under-kim-foxx-who-quietly-walked-away-from-smollett-debacle-nominated-as-next-u-s-attorney-for-northern-district