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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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Porkulus Maximus does not seem to realize that criminals are what do not belong in any civilized city. But then again he loves criminals
Can’t wait for JB and big mouth Johnson to start beating their chests about how they foiled Trump. Meanwhile, last night about the fifth smash and grab worth ten of thousands of dollars was committed, until the police busted it up and “ Pritzgers people “ crashed their getaway cars. But no, CHI is just swell without outside intervention to combat the crime that is causing residents and businesses alike to flee on a scale never before seen in IL.
He’s afraid of losing the illegal vote
Illegal aliens don’t belong on our cities streets, or places of employment.
To all the residents of Madiganistan not living in Barrington or Winnetka or Wilmette or other moneyed places where crime simply isn’t tolerated.
No, to all residents of Austin, Englewood, Garfield Park, Grand Crossing and Roseland:
JB the Hutt has a message for you…you are on your own.
Nice of Pritzker to provide blow-by-blow commentary from the cheap seats as PDJT tries to clean up Chicago.