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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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D.C. is on the verge of coming to it’s senses and dropping it’s ‘sanctuary city’ to avoid ‘The Hammer’.
Good. Lock up Pritzker, Johnson and Kwame.
Withold ALL federal funding to the state and let everything tank, the democrat stranglehold needs to end. The people apparently need a stronger wake to call!
Apparently you want federal benefits to accrue to your tribe only or at least predominantly. While that may seem delightful it would be wise to remember any such administration would be setting a precedent for what happens when wannabe dictators from other tribes assume the presidency with adequate congressional support in the future. As the saying goes “be careful what you wish for.” Shouldn’t we reserve our praise for presidents who will speak and act in more in more uplifting ways for all citizens instead of a chosen tribe?
Unconstitutional. Just another EO that would get smacked down.
Not going to read them. Putzger and Banjo will be spewing their thoughts about them