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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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All these ex-cons know the difference between right and wrong, that’s why they always run from the police when they’re caught in the act.
So stop the criminal behavior and make yourself stable on your own.
Wow, should I become a criminal to become a GI recipient?
“Formerly incarcerated people” = politically correct for “ex-cons.”
Let’s reward ex-cons with free money from the pockets of the poor and middle class – what a progressive idea!
Oh, and their victims (dead and alive)? Screw ’em!
The best stability….Get a frickin job….do so good at your job, you keep it.