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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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“”Our caucus has introduced reforms to strengthen oversight, improve transparency and ensure caseworkers meet the highest standards before they’re entrusted with these young lives,” said Rep. Nicole La Ha (R-Lemont).”
I wonder what these proposed reforms are, and how well they would work if somehow they got adopted.
This needs to be hung around Pritzker’s neck, like a soup bone.