-- Connecting the dots between our economy, government and business --
"In the State Dining Room, stockings hang from fireplace mantels, thin matching trees stand at attention. On the dining table, gold party crackers ready to snap and, as the centerpiece, a large silver punch bowl overflows with holiday greens, that, (the historian) explained, had been made for the USS Illinois, a World War II battleship that was never completed. At each place setting, there is a name card, the guest list drawn up by the first lady that includes: Scrooge, Buddy, Rudolph, George Bailey, the Grinch. The governor’s seat is between Kriss Kringle and Clark Griswold, which, when you think of it, is not a terrible way of describing the governor."
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.
SIGN UP HERE FOR OUR FREE WIREPOINTS DAILY NEWSLETTER
Probably right next to the Satanic statue.
Down voter may not be aware of this. https://www.foxnews.com/us/satanic-temple-installs-holiday-display-illinois-capitol-nativity-scene-menorah
But those folks aren’t actually Satanists, are they? My understanding is that their mission is actually about freedom of speech and right to challenge prevailing opinions.