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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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Do Alderpeople Jason Ervin (28) and Chris Taliaferro (29) look like they’re starving? ?
Now THAT’S thinking like a Teamster: I’m broke. How are YOU going to fix it. Those who are able to pay taxes are in loco parantis for ME. This guy is champion for the narcissist legions who have eaten their cake and want yours.