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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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Hmm.. one might surmise who is gobbling up social services and why they came here.
Citizens wait for healthcare while illegals blow off appointments.
Anyone seeking healthcare appointments can testify to long waits – sometimes many months approaching as much as a year (tried to get an appointment with a dermatologist lately? Or a neurologist?).
It only stands to reason, increase consumers (patients) without an increase in resources results in scarcity.
The whole situation was predictable.
Stupid chickens!
saving money already
Geez.. I really feel sorry for them. Break the law and sneak into our country. Then demand free health car, debit cards, hotels and cell phones. And raise my property taxes to pay for it all. Unbelievable.
“Hundreds of Criminal Illegal Aliens skip taxpayer funded appointments at Chicago health clinic amid deportation fears” There you go Sun Times. I fixed your headline. You are welcome.
Gosh…..makes me wonder who pays for all these appointments…
That would be you and me.