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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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What’s un American is sanctuary states and cities who put illegal migrants ahead of citizens, especially the most disadvantaged citizens. Citizenship is reduced to what?
One thing that consistent. Pritzker and IL Dems are pro illegals and anti US citizens and IL taxpayers.
What’s un-American, literally, is all these illegals that Jelly Belly is so eager to protect with American taxpayer funds.
This guy is nuts. Him and the pinhead mayor blame Trump for everything because they can’t admit they suck st their jobs.