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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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Perhaps Tom could consult downstate Salem, IL whichever now refuses to send police officers into a mental crisis situation until a social worker gets there. Sounds good to me.
I think its past time for the mental health professionals when law enforcement professionals have to be called in.
Police Officer kicks in door with guns drawn:
“Here, you crazy person, please talk to a mental health expert on this iPad.”
Another one that needs to be voted out of office.
” — we are saving lives.” Could you be more specific?