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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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To the residents of the great mistake by the lake. Keep’em. Those aren’t real Texans.
Understand one thing it’s not his state it belongs to the taxpayers
Why is JB criminally using taxpayer money for this political stunt? It’s all part of the Pritzker President 2028 Campaign. In the pea size mind of JB any publicity is good publicity. I’m surprised that he isn’t following Mondani’s lead and proclaiming himself a Communist.
Leave it to NPR to provide an in kind campaign donation to a Leftist Democrat. This is why PDJT finally cut them out.
Pritzker is asked (at 4:16 in the clip) “…has redistricting resulted in fair representation for the minority party in your state?” His reply: “You know, just because you got more Democrats than Republicans elected doesn’t mean that it’s an unfair map.” That little quote needs to be broadcast as support for redistricting in Texas.
POS. Illinois has been gerrymandering for DECADES !!! Is he using taxpayers money?? Are they staying in a HYATT on a FREEBIE?? He can’t BUY the presidential nominee like he BIUGHT THE GOVERNORSHIP.
Cowards flock together
Pritzker is hosting the Texas Democrats to get free TV campaign time for his presidential run. JB doesn’t care about IL constituents or Texas. He needs to fix the mess he created in IL first before he starts hid presidential campaign. IL is in a financial spiral due to his identity and tax policies.