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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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Come on people, a 99% increase in car thefts is only “the perception of crime” and not actual crime.
Protected. Voters. Can’t. Commit. Crimes. Or. Be. Racist.
If you can’t park your car on your own street — without worrying about carjacking, car theft, or car burglary — you are living in a failed Democrat run city
You identified a meaningful indicator to determine whether you’re living in a safe area. Another indicator is whether you can walk around in your neighborhood day or night without worrying about being mugged. Using these two indicators, almost all of Chicago is unsafe.
Once again, many Chicagoans think we’re overreacting. Once again, it’s not the probability of the event occurring, it’s the trauma, stress, aggravation, cost, disruption of your life, etc. that you experience because of the occurrence. Think of it as walking around in a lightning storm. It’s very unlikely you’ll be struck by lightning, but it would be catastrophic if it occurred, so you don’t put yourself in that situation.
I’ve seen the videos, watched the news, and read articles. You’re walking on a sidewalk or stopped at a light in a supposedly safe neighborhood in Chicago, and, in a flash, some thug is pointing a gun at you.
No thanks. I’d rather not experience that.
Surprising it is not even higher. The cops do nothing to stop any of it. They only make out reports and let the firemen pick up the bodies. The cops spend more time looking at sale broachers for new homes in Punta Gorda than fighting crime. They leave the Chitty ASAP, take the pension money and run.
Under normal circumstances policing is reactive, not proactive. LE responds when a crime is committed or a threat is made. In Chicago stop and frisk is no longer, neither are foot or vehicle pursuit (without supervisor’s approval and by then the opportunity to pursue can be a moot point). Cops’ hands are tied – why should anyone risk their life, job, and/or freedom to arrest a perpetrator only to see him/her released into the community before the officer can finish the paperwork? Respect is lost – respect for one another, respect for the elderly, respect for the rule of law,… Read more »