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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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Will Tammy be returning the monies Menendez funneled her way?
Sub-retard Duckworth — and the other Senate Democrats dipshits — are only calling for Menendez to resign now, so Democrats can hold that Senate seat in 2024.
If they give a shit about corruption, they would have called on Pelosi to resign years ago, for her decades of insider stock trading.
https://nypost.com/2022/10/05/house-speaker-nancy-pelosi-has-accrued-millions-from-husbands-trades-report/
I’ll give Senator Duckworth credit for taking this position. Shows more courage than the other senator from Illinois.
Its easy words for them to say without any real penalty.
Dicky Durbin is a corrupt Dem POS.
He is maybe qualified to be in charge of your local car wash.
They All Need to resign.