-- Connecting the dots between our economy, government and business --
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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Whoopie! Break out the band and declare a holiday!
Charging sales tax on the state gas tax is double taxation – how do they get away with this nonsense?
Real Gas Tax Relief?
End Illinois’ crooked gas tax arrangement.
Illinois charges a percentage sales tax on top of the state fuel tax on every gallon, so when prices go up at the pump, taxes at the pump go up, too
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-2nd-highest-gas-taxes-drive-motorists-business-across-state-lines/
A never ending tax, get that, never ending tax thanks to the Democrats who rule supreme. The motto of democrats that they support working men and women is a LIE. The voters in a few counties, Cook/County in particular, should be ashamed for electing the monsters who will take every penny they can from the pockets of everyone they can.
The monsters will also make it unaffordable for you to own a home, drive a car, heat or cool your home, start a small business, to protect yourselves and speak freely.