-- Connecting the dots between our economy, government and business --
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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Everything is racist, everywhere!
I recently spent a month overseas (not Europe) and found the day-to-day life extremely pleasant. Why? Because I wasn’t inundated on an hourly and daily basis about race politics, gender politics, gay politics, religion politics.
It was as if the country enjoyed just living and enjoying each other’s company.
America (and Illinois) is truly becoming an unpleasant place to live.