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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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And the veterans who have served our country can freeze in the Forest Preserve and underpasses while these invaders are housed, fed, clothed and doted upon
Send them all back to the countries that spawned them – seal the border tight and start ferreting out the ones who are occupying our country and stealing resources from citizens. It’s your money and your and your children and grandchildren’s future – stand up for what’s right – and that’s a secure border and a sensible and sustainable immigration policy.
STOP cheapening our citizenship.
Housing crisis faced by migrants? How bout 5000 public charges to be paid for by Illinois taxpayers?