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"...This is a time to reinforce the help that the business community can have," Rocky Wirtz said. "We have to work together. And how you put those taxes, what you do, and what and who you're taxing is all different. I mean, you have to make sure that everyone works together. Taxes have to be equal for everyone, not just for a few. And I think if we can find a way to do that, I think would be a good step in the right direction."
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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Soon you will move out of the Chitty like everyone else is. You cannot solve crime, but you can run from it.
You haven’t paid enough in taxes Rocky, you are responsible for the out of control violent crime Rocky. Get it through your head Rocky, you are a racist, White supremacist, just ask Brandon