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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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As proven when the director of PBS got exposed in Congress recently, public radio is nothing but a front for liberals. It’s no wonder outlets such as Fox prosper in a climate where right leaning moderates and conservatives are shut out.
I am confident that Trump and DOGE will finally pound a stake into the black heart of NPR and PBS. Sayonara WBEZ.
How many Chicagoans will actually read Prieb’s excellent article and start paying attention? Theres nothing on the horizon for Chicago that signals anything else, then a city that’s going to fail.
No matter how much you hate the media, it’s never enough.
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#DefundChipMitchell
When in any courtroom in Cook County the court bailiff walks out before the judge sits at the bench and announces “Hear ye Hear ye, this branch of the Circus Court of Cook County is now in session”. Truer words were never more pertinent, Thr court system in Cook County is a bumbling circus of political hacks acting as judges.