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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 do rich leftists need huge subsidies for their glorified golf carts?
Biden’s brain performs as if it’s frozen. He’s a national embarrassment.
If climate change is real (we all know it’s not), then we are guaranteed extreme hot and cold temperatures going forward. Since EVs perform poorly in extreme cold and even worse in extreme heat, then the obvious solution is for everyone to drive ICE vehicles.
If people want to buy an EV, let them, but the government shouldn’t force me or anyone else to. Apparently the climate change goofs want to ruin everybody’s life since theirs is so miserable.
Agree 1000%.
My 2018 Subaru Outback is paid off and will run for 300,000 miles according to my mechanic. Why would I drop $60K on a range limited EV?