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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’s only one fact that maters, they are broke, bankruptcy time!
I have the feeling many more facts will be created than found.
Fact finding from the outfit that couldn’t find the thousands of lap tops that went to the pawn shop when in home learning ended. I guess that’s bound to happen when you don’t even try to track down equipment with a serial number on each and every one.