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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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Tammy Duckworth won her last election vs. a token Republican by a wide 15 point margin of 56.8% to 41.5%. Tammy Duckworth has a safe seat. However, as far senate seat goes, her margin is sort of the in the middle of the pack. There were several very close races, but even more senate races that were won by huge 20, 30 point blowouts. However, Tammy’s 15 point margin is insurmountable to overcome for Republicans. Impossible, statistically impossible. Prior to JB Pritzer’s – let’s call it what it is – fraudulent ballot harvesting ‘ground game’, a Republican could win a… Read more »
Ms. Duckworth never ceases to disappoint.
suck it up Madame Duck
You can do your histrionics but he’s still gonna get approved
Vote her out. She’s a waste of taxpayer dollars. She looked like a 5 year old throwing a temper tantrum.
Tammy showed herself to be the same opportunistic, foaming at the mouth liberal that we all know she is. So glad the rest of the country got to see the caliber of politicians IL has.