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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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The republicans need to start moving away from the Trump wing of the party and getting rid of Kelli Ward in Arizona is a good start and great for Arizona republicans to get back into the game.
First they need to admit they have a problem and their dismal performance is not because of election fraud. That’s a tall order for a large chunk of the party. In the meantime, we all suffer under one party rule.