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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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Vote Pritzker out.
Apparently Shelia hasn’t heard America’s Worst Governor toot his own horn at every opportunity about his “ balanced budget for the past seven years!”.
A picture of Putzger in a captain’s outfit standing on the bow of the Titanic comes to mind. Not pretty
This will not end well for the taxpayer. Run for your economic life. Burn rubber out of this state ASAP.