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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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All of Johnson’s failures wind up on the doorstep of mean ole whitey. Like all race baiters, without their exaggerated presence , he wouldn’t have anywhere to shift the blame that he, the city council and CTU deserve to shoulder.
When you’re as far left as he is, everyone is right wing.
All 3 right wing extremists voters in Chicago agree.
Just as many of our friends and family got sucked into the Q-Anon conspiracy theories during 2020, many Blue-Anon Democrats still believe that there’s a right-wing extremist around every corner.
Mayor Raggedy never really had much to work with from an intellectual standpoint, and it appears he has the emotional intelligence of a toddler. Where does Chicago find these losers?
Really good question……like and answer…….cause this guy is…………..