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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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Kimmie will receive a generous pension for blowing Soros.
Those who paid for her have gotten their money’s worth.
What was allowed to happen last summer should be more than enough reason for rational people to get rid of Foxx, Lightfoot, and Pritzker – they are malevolent toward the law abiding citizen for their political gamesmenship.
Chicago and Cook county residents,
You get what you voted for!! Make better choices or stay on the merry go round for ever!
Anarcho-tyranny.
And people wonder Chicago is a crime ridden hell hole. You just got the answer why.
The decline is intentional. She will get her payoff like Obama got his. The Swamp pays handsomely to sow division and discord.
Toni has a deal with the gangs. No jail as long as you do my bidding. Toni is plugging in the treadmill for Lori. He teachers will flog her the gangs will shoot up the Mag Mile. Lori will be running her ass off for little progress. Students, Chicago citizens? It’s all for the greater good!
Is there a breakdown of dismissed cases by race-gender-ages as a comparison to other large cites like LA or New York? Also how many repeat offenders are there from those cases that were dismissed.
It’s not a telethon, Kimmy.