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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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No one is forcing these illegals to live here
If they want they can leave, hopefully soon.
The scabi unions are a commie party group
Which should be banned for insurrection.
No one is better at gaming the system than the Public Sector Unions, it is what has destroyed the quality of life for most people in Illinois. No one has sold more out of state real estate than the Illinois public sector unions.
Gee, I don’t remember the nuns ever doing this…….
How many precincts can they cover if they get started early?