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Originally Posted by the urban politician
Avoidance, and press conferences showing him signing silly laws that mean practically nothing. As I predicted, he is turning out to be just another old school POS Chicago politician. He will not fix anything that's real, but will dig for votes. That doesn't mean I disagree with everything he does (I like--although scared where the money will come from--that we're spending money on infrastructure and transit; I like that we're legalizing marijuana and that he extended the Illinois film tax credits, for example)
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This is a well-reasoned point. I don't know enough about the tenant/landlord bill to argue one way or the other.
On the pensions, I'm not sure what an actual solution even looks like or what appetite there would be the implement it in the first place. He likely won't get any Republican support for a difficult vote (because it WILL require new money) and most of the Democrats are too scared to vote (terrified of union backlash). We will see what the "Blue Ribbon Commission" comes up with, but likely little gets done.
The most logical move would be taxing retirement income and putting that money directly towards the pensions and also taxing some services. More likely, we get asset privatization and increased income taxes.