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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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Max Cleland came back from the service and was horribly wounded. He worked in government and actually accomplished improvements.
Duckworth comes back and is the first pig in line at the trough. She has done nothing. I honor her service and sacrifice, but as a Senator she is just another pig at the trough like the rest of the Senate.
Who does not even pay property taxes even though she earns $174k a year. My AGI is $36k, but I pay full property taxes, BUT I am subsidizing the likes of Duckie. If I ran against her, this would be my only message. BTW I served in the British Army in the Falklands War in 1982 but do not qualify for an exemption.
Another useless waste of taxpayer dollars, DuckWorthless and the Vaction!
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Pay your property tax Duckie.
I know you get an exemption because you are a Vet.
But you earn $174k a year,
PIG IN TROUGH.
As if Taiwan doesn’t have enough trouble, Duckworth goes over there to waste their time. She’s a brain drain wherever she goes.
She’s a fraud and a political hack