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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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Trump may yank Broadviews funding. I hoe he does. Lets see Putzger get you a million to compensate
Pure performance art. Noem is a glam cartoon, all dressed up in a uniform she shouldn’t be wearing and without training for staged photo ops. Just on a different side than our buffoon of a governor, doing his own bullshitting from afar. Is Noem helping or in the way? We know the answer about Pritzker.
Dearest Kristi,
I would invite you to use my washroom, but I ripped the toilets out to avoid paying taxes.
Best wishes,
Governor Pritzker