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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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RINO Lausch the Beverly dummycrat friend of Loris is afraid to do anything to prosecute federally any feral predator as it would irritate Lori.
Carjacking is a monsterous problem. The first major step to take is to get rid of Kim Foxx. When crimes dont even get prosecuted, why would criminals even think twice? Put a law and order prosecutor in there, send the kids to prison, and carjackings will plummet. Why is that so hard to figure out?
And if anyone can convince Cook County voters to actually vote for a qualified candidate other than a democrapic hack, I’m going out and buy a unicorn.