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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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Power is not number 1, MONEY IS NUMBER 1. Education for students may not even be on the list.
The Democrat Party, and therefore all of the City of Chicago and Cook County governments, exist to aid minorities, labor unions and the inner city. There is no other constituency they care about. Forget whites, down staters, suburbanites or any kind of pro business organization. It is just that simple. Home schoolers are the enemy of what the Democrat party stands for.
It reveals to those not paying attention that Public Unions, especially Teachers Unions, are parasitic scum. Private sector unions need to wake up to the fact that these lazy grifters are hiding behind their skirts to bamboozle the public. Private Sector Unions need to kick the Public Sector union maggots to the sewer then wipe their shoes clean of the excrement.
Remember the bumper stickers that said “I love my country but I hate my government”? or words to that effect? Well, I’d like to make one that says “I love my community but I hate my state”. Bet it would sell well south of I-80 at least…..
The left rails 24/7 about Trump rounding up the illegals but here in Illinois the teachers union GESTAPO are going to lock up home school moms for stepping out of line:
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There so worried about competition from home schooling and Private schools, well political leaders what about addressing child sex abuse in these so called great public schools in Illinois huh you pathetic sleazy lazy corrupt politicians what about Pritzker, Kelly Cassidy, misery loves company amongst yourselves. Now you want to legalize prostitution what the hell is your problem, we’re are the parents also on these issues.
They aren’t worried about competition. They don’t care about that. The home schoolers’ parents are still paying property taxes which goes mostly to schools. The purpose of the bill is to punish the deplorables. They hate you, conservative, and they want you dead or gone. Anything they can do to force you and your family to move to another state, they will do. And they will punish you if you stay. Few seem to accept that these people hate you. These people don’t even want to breathe the same air as you. Springfield is run by Democrats. Most reps live… Read more »
What it reveals is the governing party of Illinois are Communists. (Yes, we know that) The hits will keep coming against the non-communists. Illinois commies are building their coalition with other blue states.