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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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Debt doesn’t matter: Pre-election, self-interested chest beating by “see what I’ve done for you lately” politicians keeps the democratic machine functioning. The time horizon is measured from the mid-point of the last election to the next election. Anyone who can afford to move, including former politicians, will move, kissing billions of public debt goodbye.
pure insanity. it’s only a matter of time before chicago becomes detroit 2.0
It’s all but over with