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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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Wisconsin is not as far gone as Illinois. Musk donated $760k to Brad Schimel, the Republican. Here’s his website if you want to help: https://schimelforjustice.com/
Why buy one Supreme Court when you can buy two? I hope the people of Wisconsin are smarter and vote against whoever he’s supporting. You’ll end up kissing your 2A rights goodbye…….. even though a pritzker relative opened up a gun range across the border from Illinois
Vote wisely
DOJ needs to investigate JB. He has the money to buy what he wants politically.
He needs Pam Bondi to arrest him. 🇺🇲♥️🇺🇲
Isn’t F…g up one state enough for this guy?
When Pritzger enacted draconian Covid rules for,Illinois his family fled to Florida and also to,Wisconsin to avoid his dictates. Yet with Toilet Gate hanging over his head to,chest on property taxes, his attempt to bribe Blago for a Senate seat appointment, his avoidance of his Covid rules for the unwashed peons he still gets elected by the sheeple democrat voters. I’m sorry but ya can’t fix stupid.