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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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There is a reason for locking some people up and making sure they serve their full sentence. The killing of the young boy on the northside is a perfect example of this.
Why haven’t four years of anti-racism, wokeness and socialism worked to quell Chicago’s violence? Let’s double down on these things, we need more to fix the problems!
The weather is warming up, time to put on the body armor. No amount of “Focus “
Is going to stop a little Capone from pulling
The trigger. Get out while you can just watch
What is happening in Haiti think that cannot
Happen in Chicago, would you bet your life on it.