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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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The travel advisory will go like this:
Danger Will Robinson-Don’t travel to Winnebago County-Someone there sneezed.
Danger Will Robinson-Don’t stay in Chicago-I repeat Don’t stay in Chicago
Danger Will Robinson-Don’t listen to any health officials or politicians.
Danger Will Robinson-Come with me if you want to live!!
Great Job. I hope some one from the friends and family hiring pool put a lot of work into the new system, because I am going to completely ignore it, too, just like I ignored the old system.
There’s a travel advisory system? Damn, I’ve been traveling, mask-less and vaccine-less for two years, nobody told me!
How many public sector parasites are we paying for this pointless covid theater?
And … who the heck pays attention to Chicago’s advisory?
The CTU and SEIU. You know, the parasitical screaming Karen class.