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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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The dude riding shotgun on the chopper circling around with the Mexican flag flying caught my attention.
good to see the Left is toning down the rhetoric
I was at that facility on Thursday. Some of the protesters I saw were clearly mentally deranged and dangerous.
Yes, you are right. That said ICE is acting like the Gestapo. American freedoms are in jeopardy. People are hiding and afraid to go to school, work or out of the house.
The only ones hiding are the ones that are evading law enforcement. They are afraid that they will no longer be able to illegally live in the US. People who break the law tend to live in fear that they will eventually be held accountable.
Lol – Gestapo…wow, need to change the channel. ICE is acting like law enforcement. Believe it or not, real law enforcement isn’t always pretty. Officers are often forced deal with the lowest form of society, people who have no problem robbing you, attacking you, killing you and fighting and attacking the officers. ICE officers would rather not fight with people…and only do so when attacked and even then, you can tell they are performing their duties in a restrained mode. There are NO American freedoms in jeopardy for the Citizens of this country. NONE. Stating anything else is BS. Are… Read more »
Thank you for this article.