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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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These teen takeovers (gang activity) needs to stop. Arrest all teens involved and inconvenience the parents to come get them.
Hi guilty white libs! Happy you went the DEI route and those chickens are coming home to roost, ruining a previously nice town that was no more than a wide spot in the road in the mid- 60’s? Sniff that unicorn methane and wear your rainbow clothing with pride, you’ve earned it!
There’s trouble in Naperville
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