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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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Well…I live in CO & NO ONE from here is traveling to Chicago so who gives a S***… on the other hand the amount of IL plates out here are ridiculous
And sadly they have turned CO blue. I was considering the springs or fort collins, but it sounds like the front range has been run over. Even Bozemon MT is getting an influx.
Move up in to the mountains…. every body has a gun no one cares it’s all about personal responsibility & I travel all the time
Who listens to this buffoon’s dictatorial proclamations, or even responds to them? I haven’t heard of anyone ever being stopped, questioned, or even approached about coming from out of state. I drive to Iowa twice a month to visit relatives and Iowa is one of those scary prohibited states. It’s a long drive from the Gold Coast, but I like the freedom of the open road and love to get away from lock down Lori. If I get sick from one of these trips I’ll call her and let her know. Until then, mask off and pedal down.
No one is listening, I’ve written so many times on here about how much I travel (I’m essential!) and how busy ORD has been with people going all over – orange and definitely the RED states LMAO. I have noticed recently though that when I get back and actually have to head home into the city, even though the terminals (1 & 2 for me) are semi-back to normal-ish, the curbside and transit center is empty and it’s hard to get a cab into the city. ORD is already a huge hub for connecting through to other cities, but way… Read more »
I know quite a few jerkwads who live in Illinois and ALWAYS VOTE BLUE NO MATTER WHO, but travel to red states like Florida for vacation. Such hypocrites.
Haha, you are correct! Such insanity from these hypocrites. I flew from Fort Myers to Chicago on Monday and witnessed 2 families double masked up and they all had goggles on too! Every one of them. I don’t understand – if you’re that scared why are you even leaving ?! Lol. Fortunately for me, when I got to ORD I popped into Stanley’s in T2 where no one has a mask on (remember this when Chicago locks down again but the restaurants and bars at ORD look like they belong in Florida) and after a lengthy layover (in my own… Read more »