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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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Does anyone rational person think that his approval rating has increased let alone is that high?
Probably only polled Democrats, illegals, and criminals.
And there you have it. Was there any doubt? After everything that has happened. After looking at their lives and the state of affairs in Chicago, 31% of your populous thinks pinhead has a clue. That’s 31% that is absolutely brain dead. They cannot be reasoned with. They don’t have the capacity. 1/3 of your population is not mentally functional at even basic levels.
Stacey must have told the teachers to get out the vote again
31% approve, better not fix the lead in the water pipes it’s certainly helping eliminate intelligence.
In this case, it is truly “something in the water”…