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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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Maybe downgrading charges and looking the other way are what are really responsible for “less crime.”
As with all Dem dumpster fires ( the economy, illegal immigration, crime ) slightly less is still horrible but cause for celebration. The Safe T Act is still paying “ not horrible “ dividends and the next “ large gathering “ of non- demonized youths from the community is only days away.