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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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Pritzker and Johnson are, at the very least, supportive of violence. It’s like watching 2 toddlers throwing a temper tantrum.
Excellent article.
This article lays out the facts of the situation so clearly that even Brandon Johnson should understand. Chicago is a criminal city, led by criminals. No amount of “freedom fighter” theatrics changes the reality of what the left is attempting here. Silly faculty lounge rhetoric won’t work this time.