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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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Illinois exceeds national averages in corruption and debt, so in those aspects it is not indicative of the average state in the USA.
http://worldpopulationreview.com/states/most-corrupt-states
http://worldpopulationreview.com/states/most-liberal-states
Only if they want that mess they just had in Iowa to look like a minor hiccup by comparison.