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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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It’s about time these election deniers start paying for their frivolous lawsuits. Claiming an election was a fraud because someone received more votes than someone else is not proof. Sadly these election deniers live in an alternative reality and the only thing that can knock some sense into them is paying some money for wasting everyone’s time. “How could Biden get 81 million votes when Obama didn’t get that many” is not evidence. Election deniers that seek relief through the courts based on this type of conjecture deserve to pay fines. Maybe earmark that money to pay for some mental… Read more »
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You’re still free to spread your lies on websites but now when politicians take your some crazy stance they can pay the courts for wasting everyones time.