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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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No BJ, us MAGA types are out late at night beating up gay black actor wannabees…..
BJ: “I’m shocked to think that people who disagree with me voted against my pet project. THEY MUST BE RACIST!!!!”
Originally I thought Chicago would never be able to provide affordable housing. Now I realize that Brandon will be very successful in providing it. His policies are putting Chicago on a path to become the next Detroit. Once that happens there will be plenty of affordable housing. The only problem is Chicago will be a city that no one will want to live in.
Jesus Brandon taking one right out of Pritzker’s playbook.
I wasn’t a Trump voter, but I am now!
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!! All of you idiots/low information voters who voted for this clown of a mayor deserve what you get. First of all, Brandon, there were only 29K that voted for Trump, secondly, “genius”, 168K total voted AGAINST your attempted theft of taxpayer dollars. So let me do the math for the former teacher. That means that 139K non Trump voters voted against your ill conceived thievery. That means an overwhelming majority of 82% that voted against it were Democrats. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have a novel idea. Why doesn’t the media call him out on this? Never mind, we know that instead… Read more »
Gosh, couldnt be that people just don’t trust you and do not like the way the City is being run and do not like the policies of the Democrats? Nah, that can’t be it.
Couldn’t be that the Citizens don’t want the friggin tax hike?
Nah…its Trump.
Listen to the voters you goofball.
He’s just like CTU, when things don’t go your way just yell —TRUMP, RAUNER, IPI, RIGHT-WING REPUBLICANS, EVIL 1% CORPORATIONS, etc……. who buys into these desperation temper tantrums besides his shrinking CTU base is the big question. Pathetic
Will the clueless, perpetually aggrieved victim of racism mayor ever get tired of crying whitey every time things don’t go his way? He’s become downright embarrassing.
Keep grasping at those straws, what a friggin clown