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The governor has noted a historic shift that no political outrage will change.
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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There was an article posted last year, maybe here or on IL policy from a black business owner who relocated to Georgia because their restrictions were less onerous on small business startups.
Besides Wirepoints, this is the only other article discussing Adjusted Gross Income leaving Democrat led states.
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