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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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Avoid this at all costs. This all leads to total control over the people.
What is so difficult about carrying a driver’s license?
Legislators might want to concentrate on topics that have genuine significance.
Stupid chickens!
The digital driver’s license will be a honing beacon for the state. They’ll have an app that can track you anywhere.
Just add the digital drivers license to the mix with the smartphone, smart tv, other streaming devices,other internet connected devices, neurotechnology devices, smart meters, smart home, the surveillance local, state, and Federal units of government, and the list goes on and on and on.