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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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Keep piling on, public servants. Keep piling on.
It’s going to be ugly in the years to come.
Since when did everything become a human right? Just wait until free healthcare is a humaam right and entire towns line up at the hospital demanding that right. If it’s a human right the hospital must fulfill it, they can’t ration it, that would be denial of a right. A hospital would need 20,000 doctors or more. Would those doctors be enslaved to provide that right to everyone, denying them their own rights? When the govt declares anything a right and free they better be ready to enslave masses of others talented enough as resources for the onflood of folks… Read more »
What will happen is that the government will next tell us what is unacceptable or unhealthy. You want that knee operation you better lose 30 lbs first and quit smoking. You want treatment for depression due to a recent tragedy, you better not own a firearm.
What a business friendly law! And by business, I mean plaintiffs law firms that contribute heavily to Democrat candidates! This bill is great for business! For the legal community! For really horrible for every other small business with only a handful of employees that now have to worry about frivolous lawsuits. one more reason not to operate a business in this state.
Illinois corp whistleblower website will hook you up with lawyer for $$big$$ payouts. Illinois Corporate Whistleblower Center Appeals To A Woman In Healthcare Who Is A Victim Of A Workplace Sexual Assault To Call Them Anytime For Direct Access To Some Of The Nation’s Top Lawyers For Compensation Results
CHICAGO, Aug. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — The Illinois Corporate Whistleblower Center says, “When it comes to a victim of workplace sexual assault-silence is not always golden-especially in Chicago or anywhere in Illinois.
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