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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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Horrible. How many adults have been prosecuted over this?
The dead children total should be the prime example that Democrats will trample anyone in their rabid quest for money and power.
Does anyone at DCFS even think about these dead children? Nope, all they think about is making sure that their State salary deposit shows up in their bank account every two weeks.
How many died before they had the chance to be children via abortions?