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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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This could influence the Governor’s race. Bailey needs all the help he can get.
DuPage County is turning blue, but mask mandates will not sit well with all the rich Karen’s in DuPage.
It`s already started in San Diego mask policy back for schools
If Pritzker wants to see what a red wave looks like, all he has to do is close schools again.
Wish that was so, but not so sure. Take a look around at all the people still wearing masks and masking their children. The sheep will follow.