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If this bill passes, say goodbye to local control over all Illinois parks and expect to see open drug and alcohol use, needles, no sanitation and fire hazards, but no ordinary park users.
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.
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Who would move here? Why would anyone start a business in Illinois? Either you’re insane, or you are about to make a small fortune by starting with a large one. It’s the JB the Hutt business plan.
There are better choices bordering Illinois both east and west of the state.
Hold on now! We have Stallanis! Oh wait.. There’s Lion Electric.. oh darn. There the French cheese maker! Yeah, that’s it! We are surely on the road to economic recovery now! Yes sir!