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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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As if the voters know this: “voters are not expected to fill out this line”. Like every other government form known to mankind, you have to fill out every line or the whole form is tossed.
Another one for the unicorn riding, election fraud deniers to decry as “ misinformation.”.
Political party put on the outside of envelope so the Dems know what envelopes to discard. If Republican voters what their vote counted, mark “Democrat” on outer envelope no matter what your party affiliation is.
Obvious election fraud from the Chicago Democrats. Whoops. Those envelopes weren’t meant to have that box printed on the outside. Sorry, our bad. Golly, whatever happened to that stack of mail in ballots with envelopes were marked “Republican”? We cant seem to find them.
That’s exactly what they expect. And there’s no accountability for anyone involved.