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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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The state run cannabis industry was a bad idea from jump. That the supposed profits are being smoked up, going out the back door or just plain mismanaged isn’t really any surprise to anyone that isn’t stoned. Can’t wait to see how they run the cathouses they are chomping at the bit to start. Johnson is right out of the Pelosi mold, “ You’ll see what’s in it after you sign it!”.