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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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There is never a compromise with a criminal, Democrat or a communist!
A rancorous race? The outcome was never in doubt. The fat man was guaranteed reelection. He didn’t have to make any effort at all to win. Is Ch2 trying to turn this cakewalk into a horse race so it looked like the fat man accomplished something and is ready for the rigors of a national campaign?
You don’t need to work with Republicans, you have super majorities in the legislature. Own up to the tax hike when the Covid relief funds dry up.
Still waiting on property tax relief you campaigned for in 2018. Unless the task force is continuing to look into this issue…
Filthy Goddamn Liar Pugsley only wants ‘bi-partisanship’ when Democrat sewer rat legislators need cover for tax hikes.
Lie after lie after lie.
And a few more lies on top of those.