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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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It will be hard to reform elections in Illinois with the Democrats holding a supermajority in the Illinois General Assembly, but there are still things that we can do. Just keeping election integrity in the public discussion is a start. We need a citizen run election canvass in Illinois. Election canvassing is done by having volunteers go door to door to confirm that the number of people registered to vote at a particular address matches the voter rolls. Canvassing also verifies that people aren’t registered to vote at fake addresses such as vacant lots, parks, or business addresses. Canvasses are… Read more »
Fraud,fraud,fraud.
Alternate Headline: Illinois governor signs law expanding voter fraud opportunity
Crazy how for 200 years people voted on Election Day without issue!