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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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This stupid cis female is discriminating against my gender. Why can only persons with a uterus get this credit?
Maybe that would be an interesting business venture Uteris R Us stores all over Illinois. They could have buy one uteris get one free for a double tax credit. LOL
Also doesn’t Cassidy prefer women only yet she was instrumental in pushing the abortion agenda?
You’re not the only one to notice that some, perhaps most, of the most strident advocates of unlimited abortion are women, er, I mean persons with uteri, whose odds of ever “needing” an abortion due to a totally unplanned/unexpected pregnancy are pretty low.
It would be interesting to see the tax rates in the restrictive states compared with Illinois. My guess is $500 doesn’t move the needle.
A measly $500 tax credit doesn’t make up for thousands of dollars in extra property taxes, sales taxes, licensing fees, etc. I suspect this is not really about attracting abortion and transgender “health” providers to Illinois as much as it is a virtue (barf) signaling gesture of affirmation toward them, and a nose-thumbing gesture toward icky backward red states.
Why would a woman who lives in a state that limits access to abortions move to IL rather than just travel here for the abortion and return to her home?
Pay people to move to Illinois…I wonder if it will work?
This woman is pure psycho. She needs professional help. This is the stupidest crap I’ve ever heard.