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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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When did it become derigour to fleece a traveler? Think airport fees, rental car tax, hotel tax, room occupancy tax……
Chicago already has one of the highest hotel tax rates in the country. At 17.39%, the combined state, county, city and special district rate in Chicago exceeds the 14% median for the 150 largest U.S. cities
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