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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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The mindset of the Illinois progressive is really not too different than Hamas. Israel systematically destroyed Hamas, one member at a time, and leveled much of Gaza over the past two years. They have been defeated but refused to surrender. Israel destroyed their entire leadership, and new people took the reigns, and they became even more committed than ever, despite watching the guy who used to hold that job get blow up days earlier. That is how the Illinois Progressive sees his or her or they’s mindset under Trump. The Republicans will beat them down, and it just makes them… Read more »
While Gates is getting the big bucks and her kids get private education . Pinheads spinning like water down a drain and public school students can’t read at their age level. This state is screwed
Funny how “teaching” isn’t even on her radar.
The Davis virus has spread; it’s now all over the state.
The Davis virus is going viral. Fortunately for surrounding states, it’s likely to stop at the state line.
Gates just wants more money and power, at the expense of students and taxpayers.
Stacy pay your “FAIR SHARE !!! “ You are DELINQUENT PATING CITY BILLS . You owe over $1,000.00 to the city . HYPOCRISY AT ITS BEST !!