-- Connecting the dots between our economy, government and business --
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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Crime is the only industry growing in Chicago. How’s that root cause study coming along Brandon?
This is what reparations looks like
How much worse do things have to get before people wake up and take back their power and hold these corrupt politicians accountable.
Business is good in the crime business. Only going to get worse as more companies flee the state. No Education, No Jobs, so what is left to earn a living? Steal from each other, if you do not like it, take your family and run.