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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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They are lucky the do not live in Florida with all the hurricanes. Much safer in Chicago.
It is safer.
Those pesky statistics getting in the way of your false narrative again.
“ Summertime, and the lead is flying easy..” . Apologies to Sam Cooke.
Summer in the City of Chicago.
Wow, must be getting warm outside and it’s only a Thursday. Chalkie is gonna earn his keep this weekend.