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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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Let me see, she claims she is social conservative but she is for sentencing reform, gay adoption, dope smoking, and pro same sex couples. She also thinks bullying needs to be stopped, no sweetie, people being bullied need to learn to cope without whining like a wuss.
In the end, she is just another Rino like her buddy Rauner. She is simply redefining what it means to be conservative .