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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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Ne’er do wells! Violence Interrupters is the start of a fulfilling political career. Lori’s legacy is in free fall. She’ll claim she’s so loved there are statues all over the city; fire hydrants!
$400 million? This money will be pissed away with zero result. A complete waste.
Most of these dubious programs are nothing more than Democrat Party money laundries