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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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This is how the whole situation we’ve been going thru should have happened. Wear a mask if you want, dont if you dont. Open your business or not. If you wear a mask according to the “follow the science” crowd you’re bulletproof. If you’re not happy about people not wearing masks, dont go out, dont visit the businesses, hide in a closet at home. If you don’t wear a mask the chances you take are yours. Businesses want you to wear a mask to enter, your choice to enter or not or if they dont require masking again your choice.… Read more »
Then close down, buddy. I feel no sympathy for you. Resist the Gov’s draconian orders, or go out of business. Your choice.
Well, at least this individual is thinking for him/herself.
Thinking himself/herself into Chapter 7 bankruptcy. #resist the fatman, or go broke.