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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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I wonder what the cops in his overly large detail are saying among themselves and whether anyone in the dept would tell him not to go. Goes without saying he should honor the family’s wishes and that there is no reason to stress them with this BS. The guy is oblivious, even so why all the bluster from him about going?
Move to a different venue. Start the service an hour early. Lock the parlor doors when his huge security detail pulls up ( leaving the side one open for legitimate mourners ). Do anything you can to keep this cockroach away.
Why should the family inconvenient themselves and everyone else. Arrest the scum for trespassing if he shows up. Or have someone knock him out. He won’t show. He is just being a complete ass.