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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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I remember a middle school teacher that told me when you point at someone, there are always three fingers pointing back at you….seems to fit here
No comment necessary. This is a classic passive-aggressive attempt to own a losing narrative. No different than the approach Nathan Thurm, the sleazy lawyer character played by Martin Short on SNL, would take.
I’m the victim of a liberal hate crime. I was sitting at Wendy’s eating a bacon double cheeseburger and a Cory Booker supporter came in and threw a zucchini at me screaming “meat is murder.” I can’t prove it, but then neither could Jussy.
It’s almost like…she wants there to be more “hate crime” so that she can prove her point. I guess the demand for hate crimes exceeds the supply. Glanton’s articles read like something out of a high school newspaper. EVERY single article is about race, and every SINGLE THING IS TIRESOMELY ABOUT RACISM. I purposefully don’t read her articles, because they don’t inform me; they just ramble on about how I’m somehow the problem (or, “they” as she repeatedly says). She offers no solutions, no inclusiveness, just division and hatred of her own. I’m once again sorry that I clicked on… Read more »