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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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Crooked Corrupt Cook County Democrat Boss Preckwinkle Racializes Pollution Issues
How can these POC communities still be underserved when POCs are in charge of everything Chicago/Cook County?
Why haven’t the powers that be taken care of the problems of underserved communities?
Who is to blame? They never talk about WHY the communities are underserved, only that they are. Isn’t it THEIR responsibility to correct this ‘injustice?’
Environmental justice! People keep making up things to complain about. Toni will accomplish absolutely nothing in her lifetime. That’s probably my fault too.