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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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Blm has destroyed Chicago especially fueled by Sophia King and Grant Park Advisory giving into the domestic terrorist organization blm by removing the statues.
No reason to visit Chicago anymore. Last one out turn the lights out. It’s over..
Sad, But they keep voting democrat! Cannot change stupid.
Chicago is getting so dangerous even the aldercreatures are complaining. People being warned to stay away from downtown because it’s too dangerous. Is Brown beefing up the guards around Lori just for fun? The evacuation drills where Lori runs through the sewers to escape. Chicago could provide years of material for National Lampoon