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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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This has to be authored by some intern projecting his/her preferences. If businesses are not making money or not as profitable abortion access would not matter.
A business move here and pay Illinois taxes? <rolls eyes>
They have no self reflection. None.
But promoting the state as a haven for reproductive rights could possibly burnish its reputation as a business hub.
DELUSIONAL
Clueless Illinois Democrat Think No Limits On Baby Murder Will Be A Draw For Corporations To Relocate Here — In A State With High Crime, High Taxes, Hostile Business Climate, Failed Schools, Failed Energy Policies, And A Population Crash