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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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He is a wanna be MITTENS (Mitt Romney).
He wants his name known.
He does not act in the best interest of those who put him into office.
Soon to be out of office if he continues down the path he has paved.
It’s a well written article that makes a compelling case for A.K., until you realize that alienating your own base to run for an election against a crazy, insane progressive in a leftist district is a recipe for disaster. He’ll never win that election. Never. The guy should be running against Tammy Duckworth for state senator instead of crying over losing his house seat. An interesting point in the comments section of that article: IL has 13 D and 5 R; and it’s going down to 13D / 4D. That’s 76% of the total house seats even though Biden only… Read more »
I live in his district and have voted for him in the last election. I just sent an email to his office letting him know that I will not vote for him again under any circumstances. If he says he’s a Republican then act like one and dont cross the line of voting against what the voters elected him to do. Firearm owners are not the problem, criminals are and in places like cook county those hard core, violent, gun abusing criminals are the problem but are not prosecuted for the sake of restorative justice, meaning no blacks get punished.… Read more »