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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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Again, I cannot stress this enough: HE WANTS YOU GONE. There is no place for you, deplorable, in a progressive utopia.
You best leave before he imprisons you for your illegal unregistered long rifle, deplorable. Bubba at Menard is looking for a cellmate.
JB should check with Governor DeSantis and Governor Abbott. Their states are growing nicely.
What? “364,443 Illinoisans decided they no longer wanted to live here since 2020.” CARNIVAL BARKERS!!!!!! Shaddayp!!!
The thing is so many believe Pritzker’s carnival barker comment which reminds me of a comment sometimes attributed to PT Barnum of “No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public;” something that Pritzker has utilized to the fullest