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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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Why even drive in the city if you get a speeding ticket for going 6 mph over. That’s insane.
Here’s a thought. If you go over 6mph you get a ticket and have to pay. What about if you go 6mph UNDER then they should pay you. Think of it as a savings account. You get better gas mileage and cash back. Win-Win.
Hmmm….Is Beal the Durbin of the city council? Sounds like grandstanding for the community!