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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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Call a lawyer/ accountant connected to the assessors office. They’ll get that bill reduced. Wonder if Burke’s law firm is still in business?
Why do property taxes go up? Because you have some money and the democrats want it. You, as a slave, should only have that amount of money which your masters allow you to have. How can they steal it if they don’t first take it from you? Like the slaves of the antebellum south, you exist for their pleasure and profit. No other reason.
Reason for property tax increases-tax and spend. Tax suburbs, spend in Chicago. Where is the south suburban health center?
Explain nothing your all damn thieves and you know it.