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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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5 more were shot on the south side today-how can any reasonable person think that having far fewer guns in circulation is a bad thing?
where were CTU/Brando’s violence interrupters?
Flat on the ground hoping to not get hit by bullets. This is not a bad weekend for Chicago though. Only 34 shot.
Dunkin donuts come on man
Hundreds of clowns gathering in the streets at 3am. What could go wrong?? If pinhead gets his way- you will find out, just a block from everyone’s house.
If you want the facts cwbchicago.com . Interesting read about unwritten stories in Chicago papers
Excellent work mayor PinHead – your plan is working perfectly.
I knew the rats wouldn’t be down for long.