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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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She could eat corn on the cob thru a chain link fence. But screw Rahm just on principle. Not because this horse mouth doesnt want him.
I don’t know about the rest of you but I agree with her…
How about a PPV AOC v Rahm debate.
I agree he stole enough money let someone else eat at the trough
Have you see her next to a pic of Mr Ed?
She’s the classic definition of butter face. There are 2 things about her I like, but they don’t make up for her shortcomings.