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Jonathan Turley: "Illinois has long been a sanctuary state, but this is getting ridiculous....The self-professed champions of democracy are fleeing to avoid a democratic vote by the duly elected representatives of the public.... Seeking sanctuary in Illinois raises the question of who you are being protected from in refusing to allow democratic votes in your state."
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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things like this are the essence of politics in the US. if the GOP were to do something similar in response to trying to block legislation they did not approve of, it would be lauded as being a valid, smart, perfectly legal strategy. because they are on the other end of it this time though, it is being labeled as heinous, illegal an “un-american”. and then people wonder why so many have lost all hope for our corrupt political system which has nothing to do with serving the public interest and everything to do with power, control & increasing the… Read more »
JB will jump in front of any parade and any camera to bolster his 2028 Presidential Campaign. JB is now the Al Sharpton of the 2028 Presidential Campaign. Pritzker hugs and welcomes these fellow corrupt inept Democrats from Texas in front of a backdrop plastered with JB logos. Pathetic.
This has become surreal. Great post here on X about it. https://x.com/GlennonMarkE/status/1952441205372932319
Indeed.
“You’re going to Chicago to protest redistricting?”
The irony utterly lost on the hapless leftist democrats.