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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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So much for people and the state of IL promoting the consumption of carp from the IL river.
Who the heck is eating carp out of the Des Plaines river? anyone who eats anything out of the DP River, especially carp, deserves whatever bacterial, fungal or parasitic infection they get.
That leaves only minnows. Waitress-I would like to order your minnow special with a baked potato and cole slaw. Thanks.