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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’s only *dark money* when it’s a conservative donating it…
With progressives it’s *philanthropy*…
The double standard is sickening…
Fake news media frauds cover for filthy shit-bag Soros — but not for a billionaire who funds thins they oppose
Dark money from China to the Biden crime family? No problem.
This article featuring Mr. Seid is blatantly anti-Semitic.
The authors need to be removed from their jobs.
Did I get that right?
Isn’t that what you say when you criticize a billionaire who makes a political contribution?
I hope John Kass comments about this.
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It’s not very “dark” if you know where it came from, is it?
The excessive drama and hyperbole of this article is somewhat entertaining.