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[the urban politician]

^ This has everything to do with the lie that this bloated bastard told the public when he ran for office, chastising people far less wealthy than him because they "aren't paying their fair share" in taxes--the irony being that here he was, a BILLIONAIRE, doing all of these shady maneuvers just to save a couple tens of thousands off of his tax bill himself. The tragedy being that the unfunded pensions were NOT the fault of the high income earners--they paid their taxes, but Springfield failed to make their contributions towards the pensions for years.