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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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Flounder in the one who wears masks.
Maybe Pritzker should relocate to his Florida compound and run for governor there. DeSantis will be in the White House in 2024 so he won’t have to worry about beating him.
My white nationalism is I work two jobs to pay for my kids college tuition.
What exactly is white nationalism? Is that if you happen to be white and patriotic?
Are there any examples of it?
If it is so prevalent and such a problem, shouldn’t there be a list of examples?
Can Pritzker point to anything he’s done in Illinois to restrict whites from acting in a nationalistic way?
Fat slob needs to worry more about the fact his leadership is driving retirees and businesses (plural) out of IL and less about the states they are going to. Which are Florida, Texas, Nevada, and Tennessee.
Not yet Pritzker is going to start a new commission like all his other do nothing commissions in Illinois
Another Task Force in a long line of task forces that accomplished nothing like the property task force.