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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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Always about the money, right?
Yup, You’re dealing with the PGC, The Perpetual Gimme Crowd and Anita Holmes just proved it.
Hmmm…… so you think the woke nonsense isn’t enough! OK, how much to shut you up. Come on, gives a number and justify it! Ya whining dopes.
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