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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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Madigan’s favorite brown nose slithers out from under his rock to spew more Democrat Pravda Propaganda. Has Miller ever had an original thought? Has Miller ever done any actual “journalism”?Wait for Miller to log onto Wirepoints and downvote any negative comments.
Maybe this is how Miller justifies fraudulently rigging his comment board to block dissenters. Anybody disagreeing with him must be a conspiracy theorist.
How well I know that…first hand too!
Miller should be an expert on wackos. They’re all over his blog. They come unhinged at the drop of a hat.
Pritzker Toady, ‘Capitol Fats’ Columnist Rich Miller, Wants To Silence Opposition To Left Wing Legislation In General Assembly
The correct name for his site is The Walled Garden.
Miller’s biggest point of personal pride was getting the rock band “Confederate Railroad” cancel-culture banned from the Illinois State Fair.
https://tasteofcountry.com/confederate-railroad-festival-dropped-over-name-statement/
What an odious turd.
Would have been a good article if he had referenced some of the liberal wackos. Unfortunately they think everything they do is mainstream.