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"I think there is a lot to admire about him. He is a teacher and I believe he will bring a certain vibrancy to the city," Gov. JB Pritzker said. "There is a change that's gone on across the Midwest, I might add, that people who believe in investing in workers, investing in families, investing in young people, who have come to leadership positions."
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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Just like J.B.’s toilets fiasco when he ran for governor, he finds Brandon’s ability to dodge fees and taxes admirable. Cut from the same cloth.
The same filthy cloth.
Going to throw his weight behind Brandon, eh? He’s a heavyweight.
Shut up you tax cheating slob
Pigchop also tried to buy Obana’s Senate seat from Blago.