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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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Screw the Chicago scum bag democrats!!
Reapportioning state legislative districts using data from the US Census Bureau’s ACS survey as opposed to the US Census Bureau’s 2020 Census survey is a scam. The real reason the Democrat majority State Senators and State Reps did so results from the June 30th clause in the state constitution. If the maps are approved by June 30th, the Democrats can exclude the Republicans from the process of creating new State Rep and State Senator district boundaries. If the maps are approved after June 30th, the Democrats must include Republicans in the reapportionment process via a commission as specified in the… Read more »
Lawfare – this is the only way……………..
Snag this in the Courts for years. Disrupt, delay the Beijing Biden and Freddie agendas.
2022 will be a bloodbath. Watch Arizona everybody.
This will take years to get thru the courts. By that time it will be time to draw new district maps.
How exactly can Republican leaders afford Mayer Brown as there lawyers? They are a top 20 global law firm with over 1,600 attorneys. They don’t come cheap. Who is paying for this?