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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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Peas and carrots. Well, rotten ones anyway.
Hopefully he’ll throw his hat in the ring to run against Tammy for the Junior Senator seat. By separating himself from Trump, he may have made himself an acceptable choice for centrist voters appalled by the current administration’s embrace of all things left. He can do a lot of good for the state and the country in that role.
Kinzinger is the rep in my district. I fired off an email after he voted with the demoncrats about more ridiculous firearm restrictions. He, or his office, wrote back some pablum about what a loyal conservative he is an how the new proposed gun laws will not affect most firearm owners blah, blah, blah. Voted to impeach the best president in my lifetime, voted to restrict my 2nd Amendment right even tho I have trained my firearms to be well behaved and replies with gibberish how he is a conservative and protecting my values. I did vote, reluctantly, for him… Read more »
Kinzinger is a Mitten wanna be and a Dem in RINO clothing.
Both loser RINO scum.