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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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It’s a statement from a demoncrat so he lied
I thought the Dems had a super majority?
Robin Kelly the worse of the worst
PEOPLE UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT: Low Information Democrat Congresswoman Robin Kelly Blames Republicans For Illinois Crime — A State Where Democrats Have Total Control Of Both State And Chicago/Cook County Government
Really? Really?
It’s not April Fool’s Day, is it?
More nonsense from a once-trusted newspaper that’s now used to wrap fish guts.
Kelly is a fraud.
Is it “bipartisan” to hold a midnight vote, after zero public hearings, to end cash bail and make it impossible to arrest or jail violent criminals?
Is this a joke?