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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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Hinz was back in Springfield budget fight form with this column. I blasted him on social media for this awful column, and I surely won’t be the only one.
Mr. Hinz, you lost. And it hurts. It’s on you to deal with it. You didn’t bother to write one sentence on the majority, the people who benefit from the victory. So your message is one sided, Have a great summer.