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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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This Dick represents the worst of the Democratic Party. Everything this Dick says can be counted on to be the opposite of reality. Let’s ask this Dick if he has any thoughts on the obvious criminal election interference perpetrated by the FBI, CIA and IRS. Ask this Dick if he has anything to say about the obvious corruption of our justice system by his party of thieves. Ask this Dick if it’s ok for a Vice President to sell out our country for his family’s personal gain. Ask this Dick if anyone in his family has received similar payments. Well… Read more »
What about the Dobbs leak Dick? Any interest in getting that figured out? If we’re going to talk about ethics reforms what about Biden, or far that matter everyone in the House and Senate.
Yeah, Dick. And how about the total destruction of America?
Dobbs leak would be a separation of powers issue, for the same reason no Justice participated in his inquiry into judicial ethics.
I have only one thing to say to you Durbin, you worry about Supreme Court ethics, stay out of it and get your ass to Springfield and worry about ethics reform there, Amen!
A senator like Durbin talking about ethics, now that’s funny
“Which way is the wind blowing today?” Asks The Illinois senior senator, as he decides which band wagon he’ll climb on and in which cushioned seat he’ll sit. The only requirement is that the band wagon must not go south of I-74. No rural roads for this film-flam man!
Don’t change Dicks in the middle of a screw, Vote for Durbin 32…..
If you should ever find yourself in a situation where you must induce vomiting, I recommend this video. Do Nothing Durbin always make me want to puke.
Reminds me of the “Crypt -Keeper”, lol…