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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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That’s a higher rating than I expected, but he couldn’t even beat out serial predator Cuomo. Perhaps someone can ask him about this at his next press conference.
Progressives are in charge of Democrat states and all that matters is progressive ideology. That’s apparent from every policy position they’ve taken. They’re not interesting in governing; they’re only interested in proselytizing and forcing your to partake. Politico (sourcing crap fax) has a blurb about an IL Democrat Party meeting where elected officials were shown the results of some poll with scary data. JB Pritzker is apparently losing to Bailey and Irvin in undisclosed suburbs. But supposedly there is another poll showing that JB is still doing well in deep blue 90%+ D voting ‘northern’ suburbs. Cap Fax says “But… Read more »
Not to argue but Miller may be right. The “vote for blue no matter who” crowd is a formidable voting base and with each family’s move out of state more anti-Pritzger votes go