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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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No, he has shown to be successful with his Tribe who are wishing to believe his message: all of Illinois outside Cook County are slack-jawed bigots who are responsible for all gun violence n America. Now is the time to protect ourselves from Him and His: Incorporate all unincorporated Illinois outside Cook County into a large Village (or series of incorporated Villages (municipalities ) sharing a similar charter of Small Government. Limit the authority of local Village government as to Public Borrowing. Declare ALL property within New Village as TIF-blighted, thus frozen in assessment for 23-35 years. Collect enormous allocation… Read more »
Even contemplating his success means the rest of the country thinks he is a great Governor. (Insert hysterical laughter here.) Good Luck to him dispelling the rampant crime, high taxes, CRT and pension mess – as if Illinois isn’t the laughing stock of the nation already. He is just another rich white man for the self proclaimed party of diversity. Hopefully he will waste his billions on a run and leave Illinois alone.
Howard Taft is going to loose his title as the fattest president.
And Joe Biden will lose his title as dumbest.
I think Biden has that title locked up,unless they run a corpse
After he empties out Illinois of taxpayers, he moves on to doing the same for the country.
Imagine those Oval Office farts that Pritzker would be releasing — HAIL TO THE QUEEF
Well this has been his plan all along. His arrogance is matched by his ineptitude.