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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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I recently had a family member die and I was shown the cost by a relative. It’s astronomical to retrieve, embalm, transport and bury a body. Over $10,000. And that’s before the funeral costs itself and lunch afterwards. More regulation will only increase this cost.
Fill em up with border jumpers. They can sleep in unsold caskets and a 1/2 dozen in the hearse. Sequel to The Munsters now called The Migrants.