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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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If that trend continues during the general election Darren Bailey might actually stand a chance!
The Progressive formula for office is simple: Choose off-cycle elections, preferably with multiple moderate candidates that will split the moderate vote. Then let your cray-cray base take care of the rest while apathetic moderates stay at home. It’s a dangerous formula for regular folks.
It’s a strategy that puts the crazy people into power.
Sad — but given the pathetic creeps on the Democrat primary ballot, you can’t blame voters for staying home