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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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Do as I say not as I do.
Well, rules are only for us little people after all.
I demand proof that Dictator for Life Jabba’s estate renovations include installing electric car outlets
Why is his new home in Wisconsin, not IL? What a repulsive hypocrite.
The State Police needs to arrest these criminals and their employer
“Let the poor build their own homes!” – Gov. JBeluga Hoover (D-IL).