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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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Kiss America goodbye and Dems did it to us. My Uncles that fought in WW2 are weeping in their graves.
My God, 63 buses of military age, non-English speaking men. Exactly what Chicago needs more of! Can’t wait the cartels and latin mafias to reign terror over the city!
But, Chicago “welcomes” them by the bus load.
Insane.