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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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We’re is are lieutenant governor at, she has not been present at all for none of Pritzkers news conferences. What gives ??
I feel like 1984 is becoming a reality in the near future.
This is about one step short of martial law. Progressives like to change the names of things. Martial Law is now Stay At Home; Abortion is now Healthcare; Men can be Women; Jokes are Racist…This man is a tyrant.