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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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In the article the esteemed State Rep. says “….. I grew up with a mother who was undocumented.”
So many questions.
Did she ever ask mother why she didn’t become a citizen?
Too lazy, test too hard, too busy, didn’t care, don’t love this country? Which is it?
Most importantly, is Mom still undocumented?
If so, is she going to self deport to her home country? Because if she doesn’t, when she’s finally caught she can never enter the USA again. As it should be.
State Rep. Jimenez is loyal to her latino ethnos, and nothing else. If it promotes the interests of her people, she’s for it. If it does not, she opposes it. The Constitution and her oath of office be damned. Simply put, State Rep Jimenez (like U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez) is a fifth columnist. She’s an anchor baby who has grown up and now occupies a position of power from which she can advocate on behalf of her minority co-ethnics against the enforcement of long-standing, duly enacted, immigration laws. All at the expense of legacy Americans. As the Chicago Contrarian has… Read more »