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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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Why not investigate the vaccines given by every ghetto church and latino organization while white seniors died waiting for their vaccines. Northwestern gave vaccines to the clout heavy like celebrity chef Bayless before the vaccines were given to the general public. Why doesn’t the fbi investigate them? Oh I forgot they are all Democratic scum and people of color. Equity I guess.
What a waste of resources.
Hmmmm….Serious business! Who cares! Just early enthusiasm for the vaccine! Me thinks there’s something else afoot. Payback for a perceived slight?
Yup, one name Senator Kimberly Lightford board of directors.