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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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I disagree.
Time out! What the heck is TimeOut??
I guess car jacking, mugging, shooting and beating people, sometimes to the point of causing a miscarriage, now qualify as night life.
Perhaps unborn infant organ harvesting centers, er, I mean “women’s health centers” are keeping later hours these days?
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You mean Jay Robert and his cohort Zippy
The Pinhead?
Now here’s the truth: Chicago is the most corrupt city in the U.S. Also, according to Orkin, Chicago is the most rat-infested city in America.
2 legs or 4 legs??
Both!
Second best for whom? Communists, criminals, homosexuals, and other types of anti-American perverts, I suppose.
For a taxpayer or business owner? Not even top 100.
I’ll take ridiculous things that simply aren’t true for a thousand Alex.
Also, Joe Bidens at the top of his game; never been sharper.
If you have any kind of values, you are correct.