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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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Hmm. A pro-government, biased source funded by subscriptions paid for by government. Where have I seen that before? Let me think.
Ruh Roh. Maybe the gig is up for Pritzker’s favorite tapeworm. Perhaps the antiseptic of sunlight will spell the end of this parasite. No doubt he will thumbs down your comment and mine.
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