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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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Sorry Adam, the days of passive quisling behavior from Republicans is over.
So is your time in the social spotlight no matter how many ads you run!
Thank God Kinzinger joined CNN so no one ever has to hear from him again.
Kinzinger is a disgusting failed person. A traitor to the voters who elected him. A turncoat, arrogant, angry little boy. The less I ever hear of him the better.
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