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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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When you think the Feds must step in to see justice done, think again! Only this time think about the Madigan prosecution.
When The State declines to pursue recovery of fraudulently obtained civil damages on its own behalf (for taxpayers), private citizens may file a qui tam lawsuit to take action on the State’s behalf.
This is the only way to force discovery from corrupt State government functionaries.
***—at some point it is my hope that the federal authorities step in and conduct a full and thorough investigation,”—***
Asking for corrupt fed bureaucrats to investigate corrupt state bureaucrats…???
I’m sorry but the federal investigative services are far to compromised by the radical left to conduct a fair investigation…
She was pritzger’s buffet partner so nothing will happen as she always won at the buffet table olympics.
“Still no prosecution of Pritzker-connected work comp fraud allegations.” Well, of course not. Can you imagine how anxious JB and Kwame are to avoid having Jenny in a court room represented by an attorney who’d likely ask all kinds of questions, and present no end of evidence, illuminating how everyone that (sort of) thinks she’s a crook now used to think that she was the best thing since sliced bread was invented? You know, before her (their) fraud (kind of) hit the papers. Fortunately for all of them, “uninvestigated” fraud, waste and abuse in Illinois government is about as abundant… Read more »
Conflicted, having or showing confused and mutually inconsistent feelings. We are conflicted out, I wonder who the WE are. JB stepped into something and can’t get the stink off. The election is closing in.
Let’s hope this crook Raoul debates DeVore and gets questioned by a lawyer with full command of the legal issue at play here.
As Fed Up Neighbor commented, it’s time for the Feds to step in.
Kwame inventing his own double speak now. “Conflicted out”! Good luck with that. The peeps of Illinois wants to know waz up.
It’s time the feds step in and handle what Raoul won’t this crap in Illinois has to end people, and what the hell is conflicted out.