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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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Pritzker has lots of needed money.
I sort of feel like Obama is in Clooney’s ear.
If we ever hear the term “President Pritzger “ it’s time to start the car in a closed garage, turn on some easy listening music and wait for the inevitable.
More likely that you will hear Harris-Pritzker ticket, IMO.
God help us Mark.
Ugh. I’ve thought of this too.
“Floating” Pritzker should go over like a lead balloon.
Ah yes, George Clooney the camera-ready actor type, what a friend you are. How far you have fallen, along with the State Media. Protecting the grifter who pocketed millions from Ukraine and other corrupt nations around the globe Protecting the grifter during the 2020 election Protecting the senile crook from his stolen classified document scandal Protecting the rampant spender who never met a mandate he couldn’t support Protecting his utterly incompetent and rudderless administration He’s your guy George. Man up, if that’s even possible, and own him. Now you want one of the two worst governors in America to replace… Read more »
Well if George Clooney says so, it has to be a great idea. I mean, the man has brought such benefit to society simply by standing around looking pretty. He has the intelligence of a cantaloupe, and we’re not talking about a perfectly ripe cantaloupe here, we’re talking about a month old cantaloupe you found in the truck of your car after it fell out of the grocery bag. Tell you what Georgie, why don’t you and your pro Palestinian wife move to Gaza and play “catch the missile.
I bet she’s caught more than a few missiles.
Apparently, Clooney has no clue on how badly governor WIDE-LOAD screwed up Illinois.
I can think of something else that floats, until the toilets are removed to cheat the tax man.
Yeah, cuz, George Clooney is smart. This jackass lives in France on an $18M estate 30 minutes from a winery chateau Brad Pitt owns. These people have no friggin idea what is going on in the United States for people who work for a living.- every single day. These folks are wealthy, live behind security walls and only travel with body guards in private cars with drivers…and he thinks Pritzker is great!? What a schmuck. Rich people taking care of rich people. Not exactly what the democrats say they are fighting for is it.
Colony and Pritzker have a lot in common. They both rich elite which they feel gives them the right to to decide what is best for the common people. He should go back to staring at goats.
This is from the man who had a fundraiser for Biden 2 weeks ago and urged him to drop out yesterday.
Is George Clooney brain dead? Pritzker ruing IL and people are moving out of IL in droves.
Out of touch rich people don’t care …………just like your governor could care less about Il….just a stepping stone for his fat ego to bigger and better things to destroy!!
Hilarious! Holds fund raiser for Biden weeks ago, just now discovers he’s feeble. Or was he simply using Biden to raise funds for a replacement?
Aha! El Gordo finally makes his move. I wonder what he promised Clooney in return.
El Gordo’s campaign slogan toilet removal
For everyone!