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Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Democratic Party will host a high dollar fundraising reception with President Joe Biden in Chicago on Wednesday evening, with the top ticket price $365,000, the Sun-Times has learned.
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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How many girls will get the sniff test from old Joe?
At the rate inflation is going, this will seem like a bargain.
“Putin’s Price Hike” … I’m sure the lapdog media will embrace the latest WH lie but the rest of us are well aware who is to blame for inflation.
I’ll go only if I can wear a mask.
Not a better poster child for bloated over-indulged govt than that POS.
Oh Boy o Boy! Can’t wait to see photos! Attendees will be diving for cover behind planters or Porky. The street tax for politicians, $365,000!
So they’re willing to pay $365,000 to a person willing to attend??? Count me in!
Lori asked JB if she could pay with 7,300 gas cards. JB said sure you can! But you can’t get in with coupons, cash only!
The conversation between the two will be incomprehensible and dull with one needing a teleprompter.
Maybe they will shake hands with nobody there