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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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I joined the discussion, but my comments weren’t posted. Why?
Deb, all comments here get held up until somebody here at Wirepoints reviews them. Yours should be up now.
JB’s happiest moments are when surrounded by the usual flunkies, he signs yet another bill into law squandering our tax dollars. Like a child at play.
Well at least we don’t have to feel any quilt for avoiding charities / organizations that provide for illegals. The state is filling that role for us, by gerrymandered Democrat mandate.
Hey Jabba- how about you put a little box on the Illinois tax forms, and let people donate extra money for your virtuous programs? See if you can gin up $100.
There Pritzker goes again. Putting non citizens and illegals before US citizens again. He’s also now offering illegals healthcare insurance on the taxpayers dime through Get covered IL. When will he start representing IL US citizen taxpayers?
I really don’t understand this guy anymore. He spends taxpayer money like it’s his. I hope he’s alive in 20 years where history deems him the worst governor in Illinois history. And we’ve had some losers
But would he spend his own money on this? Unlikely. Wasn’t willing to pay proper property tax on his other mansion and had the toilets removed. Has complex offshore tax shelters. He has spent money to buy a few IL Supreme Court seats and meddled with WI politics with big donations there. No, he would not spend his own money on illegals.
“ Governor Pritzger S—ts on IL Taxpayers-Again.” There’s your headline.
Remember allof this in 2026 vote this hypocritical individual out of office he is a disgrace to America and a total traitor to all Americans.
Pritzker’s official name is: Mr. Self-Righteous.
Trump lawsuit incoming…..
Yes. This sounds illegal to me.
I’ve notice that anything that you don’t like you somehow believe it’s “illegal” or “unconstitutional”. While I don’t support this initiative, nothing about it is illegal. I would support a law that banned this type of spending at the state level but unfortunately it doesn’t exist. If anything, now we have a law that specifically states the exact opposite. So now it would be illegal to not allow illegal immigrants to participate in this benefit.
He would lose. Unfortunately, Illinois is free to spend its own money on these types of initiatives.
This legislation confers benefits based on gender (or alleged gender) and national origin. The Constitution and/or the Civil Rights Act of 1964 may have something to say about that.
No it doesn’t. The law provides the same state benefits to illegals and transgendered individuals as the rest of Illinois residents. Again, unfortunate that Illinois is spending money on illegals when we are so broke but not illegal and definitely doesn’t violate the civil rights act by treating everyone the same.
The law appears to allow trans students to get financial aid, even if they don’t register for selective service — while others cannot do so.
The law appears to allow illegals to get state financial aid without permanent residency, while other cannot do so.
That may be the basis for a Constitution and/or Civil Rights Act challenge.