-- Connecting the dots between our economy, government and business --
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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In actuality the prices for corn and soybeans has not fallen since election day or even since tariff talks were started. This is a poor job of reporting. There are futures prices one can use to lock in their revenue and there has not been a break in those prices. It is so sad the job that liberal media continues to do. PATHETIC!!!
Trump is screwing over the very same people who voted for him. The wanted him, now they have him.
Beware of what you wish for, for you may get it.
The useless Chicago Media steps right up to bail out the DNC. Again.
The talking points were issued, then regurgitated.