-- Connecting the dots between our economy, government and business --
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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Maybe he was angry he got cheddar cheese instead of brick. He said this is what Brick (cheese) looks like. PS Can you slice it thin for me?
Have not stepped foot in a chicago restaurant since this mandate was put in place.
Owners are like sheep following the so called leader into a slaughter house.
Restaurant owners- stand up for once and say no!
Keep fighting everyone stand up for what is right, but do it peacefully, violence solves nothing .
These people need to go to the Source!
Your local Communist Government!