-- Connecting the dots between our economy, government and business --
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 he should just dig deep…….it’s tax deductable for the most part.
Springfield always finds a way to put on that
Black mask and rob us blind. Time to fight back.
Imagine the things we could do if we were not supporting , educating and providing medical care to millions of illegal aliens.
Or sending billion$ overseas.
Hum along with me … “What a wonderful world it could be.”