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Elaine Pierce, who receives no government money, says the migrants get food from a local pantry, and neighbors and friends pitch in. "They've been just as much a gift to me as I am to them," Pierce said. "I get hugged and kissed six times a day, and the kids call me abuela...I can't give away money and have some huge foundation or discover some Nobel-winning prize for a cure for some illness. But I can do one tiny little thing, and that's okay."
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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Just wait until they bleed her dry, steal her stuff and leave her for dead.
More liberals should follow her lead … especially the Gold Coast liberals, suburban social justice moms, politicians (how many have the Biden’s, Durbin, Pritzker, Obama, or Johnson taken in?) and Hollywood elites.
I think Whoopi has some room in her mansions, as do the other “ladies” of the View.