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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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NEVER fund private sports, these teams are worth billions of dollars. Screw them, let them make their decisions based on good business.
I’m stunned. The people of AH are going to get fleeced by The Bears. You’re entering a rigged game with swindlers. Turn the land into a manicured 9 hole executive golf course in and arboretum setting. Anyone who plays the horses is soft in the head.