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Under Lausch's leadership, federal prosecutors in Chicago have brought charges in several prominent corruption cases, including a sweeping racketeering indictment against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.
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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Thank you Mr. Lausch! You fought it out in the middle probbly the top political cesspool in the US.
Like Mr. Smith Goes to Washington….it’s a lost cause here given the political CIG (corruption; incompetence; and greed) and been that way for decades….but lost causes is what we are faced with in IL. (our reality) and we will fight for those lost causes…”someday, someone will listen”
..in probably…
The guy is in the middle of the most corrupt city in the world an he cant find any more than Lisa Madigan. The attorney general wants points for hiring the blind
EVERYTHING the Biden Regime does is political. I have no doubts that the next us prosecutor will only pursue cases against ‘corrupt’ Republican politicians throughout the state, and completely ignore Democrat entirely. That’s pretty much been the theme of the Biden Regime – weaponize the government against enemies – starting at the top with Trump, then J6 protestors, and working their way down to parents at school boards and non-violent pro-life protestors. How long did they wait to charge SBF – the #2 Democrat Donor in 2022, for his massive fraudulent scheme? And then they arrested him hours before he… Read more »