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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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Vote him out! Sick of identity politics and funding illegals. IL taxpayers need representation.
If only people would wake up and vote him out. In fact vote all incumbents out and start fresh
POS using his own BILLION DOLLARS or TAXPAYERS MONEY???
Just stay north of 80 in the 5 county’s that decide the election. The rest of us despise you! Silver spoon commie
This pile of dreck made it clear that “ his people “ reside ( for the most part ) in the area referenced and the rest of us are deplorable rednecks a long time ago.