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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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An angry, bitter woman whose only success in life was successfully manipulating affirmative action policies for college, law school, a job at a big Chicago law firm, and a no-show job at University of Chicago. If that is the best the Democrat Party can offer now, they are in real trouble.
And we are in real trouble if she should run and win.
The over used word, grifter, sure fits for her and Barack. And she has turned into a typical race hustler. I doubt she would run because she’s too lazy and wouldn’t give up her current lifestyle.
The overused word, grifter, sure fits for her and Barack. And she has turned into a typical race hustler. I doubt she would run because she’s too lazy and wouldn’t give up her current lifestyle.
She’s terrifyingly unqualified for starters, but the ballot harvesting would be epic, and the media would do everything in their power to get her elected. Every red state needs to have two red senators. That’s where significant effort should be made by clear thinking conservatives.