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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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“ What our campaign proved is that you can actually demonstrate in a real way how critical investments are the necessary dynamics in order to prevent crime”
Got that logic? His getting elected (campaign) proved that his ideas prevent crime, even though he hasn’t taken office yet, he’s already a proven crime reducer, his successful campaign to get elected say’s so. The Leftist mind is child like.
his solution will be reparations- wait for it