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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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Have a gander at those who this act would have applied to
https://illinoisprisontalk.org/index.php?abc=E&pg=1
How about passing logical laws, not the SAFE-T act to mollify the black caucus?
Mr. Welch, you make Madigan proud.
Democracy is one party drawing districts to ensure one-party rule.
aka mob rule
Fear of losing power is driving any change that occurs right before an election.
Won’t make decisions by logic either.