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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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Devore is going to go on a tear against the establishment, he’s going to criminally charge them all, he’s going to investigate them for four years, he’s going to expand the size of his office. It will be glorious.
Because there`s a D behind his name why do Republicans in Illinois even try total lost cause
How did Kwame Raoul – the bag boy for Illinois’ crooked red light camera racketeers — get elected as Attorney General
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2018/3/9/18367837/illinois-deserves-a-conflict-free-attorney-general