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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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They can pay their taxes and shut up.
Ditch Trump.
The opposite is the case. Trump isn’t a conservative he is a populist. The 2025 version of Teddy Roosevelt, including the bombast. I don’t know who the Republicans have in the ranks to fulfill that role. Have to be more thoughtful than just hating Trump.
It’s not about how I feel about Trump.
It’s not how “Populists” feel about Trump.
It’s about how independents feel about Trump.
Yeah, that strategy worked wonderfully for Rauner, the OG Trump denier. Brian Jones, the son of Mother Jones, suggests Republicans double-down on bad political strategy: https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/rauner-wont-discuss-trump-confirms-hell-skip-convention Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner won’t discuss his decision not to endorse Donald Trump for president, and he says he’s skipping the Republican National Convention in Cleveland to focus on his state’s problems. Rauner told reporters Friday “I don’t need to go to Cleveland,” adding he’s “focused 100 percent” on Illinois. An aide to the Republican said Thursday he won’t endorse Trump or attend the GOP convention. It’s unusual for the leader of a state… Read more »
Leave my mother out of it.