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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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Clear up confusion? Sounds like the Dictator is trying to blame Senile Joe for the mess he made
King Pritzker needs to go!
The Eligibility requirements are being made up as they go and being enforced differently depending on where you go. Some state representatives have graciously made “arrangements” for doses to be distributed in Elgin at the Center in Elgin on Monday and Tues. Uh huh – special arrangements – no body knows about…Appointments are being coordinated by a church in Elgin. Sounds lovely doesn’t it. Its a big secret, so don’t tell anyone, the only way you know is if you know someone…shhhhh. So, I call to try and get an appointment when I find that oh no, this isnt for… Read more »
My plot thickens here as I have discovered that a City Council Member in Elgin (who is also a teacher in U46) made special arrangements for this vaccine to be distributed in Elgin.
So, are we all getting this? A politician and privileged teacher who is already vaccinated, made special arrangements and syphoned off some quantity of vaccine coming to the state to be distributed the way he wanted. Not SCIENCE…just politics.
This stinks. Politicians need to stay the F#&% out of this distribution process.
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