-- Connecting the dots between our economy, government and business --
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.
SIGN UP HERE FOR OUR FREE WIREPOINTS DAILY NEWSLETTER
Funny how some schools have no problem with a drag queen bingo session or books in the library touting the wonders of alternative genders and gay pride flags everywhere, but when a needed lesson about one of the darkest periods in human history is to be addressed, it’s hands off.
Bruce Wasser-Chapman, I can tell you, these school districts are filled with wishy-washy, White liberal cowards.
Coincidentally, both school districts have a relatively large Palestinian population.
Bingo!