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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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I’m still waiting for that pretty girl in high school to go on a date with me……
Come to a party uninvited and whine when the free food and drinks are long gone. Should’ve stayed home.
“Sandra’s 9-year-old son has asthma, which has grown worse with the cold weather, she said. And her 16-year-old son was recently diagnosed with schizophrenia after having an emotional crisis and repeatedly running away from the shelter where they’ve been living… Sandra has an outstanding $2,200 medical bill she can’t pay…”
Just the caliber of “immigrants” we need, lol…
Schizophrenia is not a trauma induced mental disorder
It does make you wonder how children with these health problems made the trek from Colombia.
Yup, these criminal illegal aliens are very crafty at “crying on cue” for the lying lapdog MSM press…