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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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Virtue signaling treating the symptoms instead of finding a solution.
Just like getting a statin or any medication plus getting 5 more meds for the side effects at the same time. Take one statin with a meal and 10 of these whatever they do. The underlying cause is never discussed which for many is some sort nutrient deficiency .
https://www.uspharmacist.com/article/druginduced-nutrient-depletions-what-pharmacists-need-to-know
This is a good site for info with charts describing common ailments and what nutrients you may be low in. https://www.doctorsbeyondmedicine.com/listing/drug-induced-nutrient-depletion These charts should be in every doctors office but Big Pharma would object vehemently.