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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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All illegal aliens arriving thanks to Dementia Joe will be a free EV because no one is buying them.
Car and Driver reports that 95% of electric cars are still on the road. The remaining 5% made it all the way home.
Ford. Fix or repair daily.
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Rivian plans to build cars it can’t sell. I don’t think that bodes well.
none of it makes sense