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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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In other words: “Chicago: Bring out your dead!!! Bring out your dead!!!”
It’s hard to convince people who can’t even afford to eat at McDonalds anymore that economy is great.
The Biden presidency has been an unmitigated sh!tshow. How could anyone be excited about the prospects for a second term of this disaster. What’s next Joe, testing of nuclear weapons on red states?
Wouldn’t be surprised!! He is that demented