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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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Kicking it upstairs. Don’t want to piss off the the big boys
April Perry sides with criminals over citizen taxpayers.
Typical Illinois political animal.
The elected officials in Illinois want crime and want to protect criminals in this country illegally. Why not have the help? The state is run by morons with a self serving agenda putting the tax payer and US citizen at risk. Pathetic and dangerous.
And here comes America’s Worst Governor with his much beloved “ executive order “. Like King Joe, “King Lucky “ loves to prove that the pen is mightier than common sense or the law.