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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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When they say “Wisconsin Bars packed” there’s just one vid from West Allias, and then apparently a dozen people flocked to one bar in green bay. Methinks they are exaggerating. and just wanted to use the word ‘packed’ as in Packers in the headline.
BARTENDER?!
Scotch and soda please…
eh… just keep them coming, thank you.
Screw you J Beluga!!!