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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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Kimmel is in trouble because he KNOWING lied to his audience. He knew at the time he made the statement about Tyler being a Republican . It was known he was FAR LEFT and he was in a relationship with his TRANS , “ Furry” roommate .
That’s not what he said. Print exactly what he said. He never called him a Republican. He called out the Republicans for scrambling to avoid any possibility that he was a Republican.
We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.
Why didn’t you print what Kimmel said? Trolls got to troll.
If Jelly Belly spent half the effort running the state that he spends fighting Trump, we might be a little better off. You’re a state official (at least for now), not a national news commentator, Dipstick. Act like it!
You do that Putzger. With all that family money you don’t have to worry about any federal aid