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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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Great idea! As soon as a law like that passes the miscreants who did this shooting will turn in their firearms as required. Another genius idea by an unqualified politician.
Whenever Lori is serious about something she wears her grimy denim water department disguise.
Or you could arrest the shooters and put them in jail. BD Lori, Lil Kim and Judge Tim should have some speaks about this.
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Mundungus Lightfoot is a great mayor. Now she’s blaming the state legislature for Chicago’s problems which she created! What a champ she is, a real scrapper. I’m surprised she even acknowledged it happen; it’s so unlike her!