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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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Cash Bail has turned into nothing more then a cash cow for most Illinois Counties that gouges poor families and does little to protect the public. Bail use to be used as a guarantee that a defendant would appear for court if released and if they did the money was returned minus a small percentage for court costs. Today states attorneys are very aware of the bond amounts received and the fines included in sentencing reflect this. Very little bond money is ever returned even if it was the defendants family who posted the bond rather than the defendant. We’re… Read more »
Yet, the evidence across many counties in many states clearly links low or no cash bail to repeat offender committing crimes after being released often with increasing violence and depravity.
Lock ’em up I say.
This bill was written entirely by the black caucus with the intent of reducing the crime stats that reveal that most violent and serious crime is being committed by blacks. They and the politicians who supported this bill are more than pandering, they are kissing the behinds of the criminal element that is terrorizing society. Pass this bill and watch what happens, violent crimes will skyrocket, property crimes will more than skyrocket, the numbers will be unbelievable. As for the cops, forget any sort of actual law enforcement because any cop who trys to arrest someone or do the job… Read more »
“defend yourself”
Yet the irony is that if you defend yourself, you will be the one that is charged with the hate crime.
Best advice if you must use deadly force. If it is opportune to leave, do so. I was afraid, I feared for my life, I was in shock, I suffered from emotional trauma are valid reasons. Sad part is cameras are everywhere so there may be a problem. Just imagine if a dozen or so of these carjackers were left bleeding in the gutter, it may have an impact on those “yutes” pulling off these crimes. Judged by 12, carried by six is an old slogan but still has meaning.
Of course the Sheriff’s comments are spot on, as he is focused on protecting citizens. Our legislators are on a different agenda, the globalist, social justice agenda of Soros, Preckwinkle, Foxx, et al.. The people will pay the price, as victims of crime. Go read the article at the Chicago Contrarian about The Center Cannot Hold.