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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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Has anyone actually seen Zorn walk upright?
Zorn = moron. This is the guy who became a Sox fan because the father of the Cub’s owners received some private emails that Zorn virtue signaled that he didn’t like. I mean, really? seriously? I hope this guy is the 1st guy laid off when the Tribune goes bankrupt. I didn’t even bother to read the article, or even give him the pleasure of knowing that he got a pageview from my IP. I just can’t do it.