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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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What a big nothingburger of a story. Some wealthy neighborhoods also have hospitals where the vaccine is distributed. Big whoop.
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This story is such fake news. The Illinois Medical District got the most doses? No way! How can this happen??? I mean, everyone has a right to obtain a shot IN THEIR ZIP CODE. It’s in the constitution, you know, no one should ever have to travel to the NEIGHBORING ZIP CODE to get medical treatment! This is blatantly unconstitutional! What’s the point of having the United Center mass vaccination site if people have to, god forbid, travel 20 minutes to get it? No one should ever have to leave their neighborhood for anything!