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"No wonder The Washington Post and other national analysts consistently include Pritzker on the short list of Democrats who might realistically run for president next year if Joe Biden doesn’t seek reelection."
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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It’s a wonder how these “journalists” can write a story with their lips so firmly planted onto round boys posterior.
If only the GOP was radical, especially in Illinois. The editorial board shows just how detached from reality the media is.
#JournalismIsDead
The only reason Mr. Pritzker is in this conversation is his families money. This man has no soul
King Smug thinks he has it all figured out. Will progressives really embrace a white billionaire for President?
They (allegedly) voted into the White House a senile criminal who campaigned from his basement and a Senator who can’t even walk, much less talk.
Liberals are liberals first and always.