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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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Laurel and Hardy. Abbot and Costello. Kramden and Norten. Catch my drift. Fat and skinny.
Rumor has it that JB’s private polling re support outside of Illinois is not great. He is hard, hard left. He is short and fat which doesn’t make for great visuals. And in too many states– even battleground states– it is not a popular position to have “fight the President” as your battle cry.
Rahm is smarter, and much more moderate. But when he gets broader exposure and his rotten personality becomes exposed, he will drop like a rock in polls also.
Credible ? A bully with a penchant for ballet run out of office for trying to hide a police shooting and a Marxist moron trust fund baby? That’s some chronic weed being burned in the newsroom at the Trib!
The how to destroy anything you in charge of crew.
JB must be convinced had can win a third term, I’m not as sure.
He loses the Governor race, not only the presidential is over but so is his career in politics.
JB MUST be defeated!
Two terrible choices for da Dems.
If Pee Wee Herman were still alive he would be a better choice!!
“Credible”?
I couldn’t agree more. The race would put the spotlight on all the failures in Illinois and Chicago, which would be enormously educational for both Illinois and the nation.