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Chicago has another bond for you

AUGUST 20, 2018 | by Editorial Board | THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

“But junk by any other name is still junk, and Chicago’s finances have continued to erode even as property taxes soar to pay for pensions that remain woefully underfunded. … So he’s now considering a plan by Michael Sacks, CEO of asset management firm GCM Grosvenor, to issue $10 billion in bonds to backfill the city’s pension funds. … Like those other pension bonds, Chicago’s version would also have to be financed every year out of city revenues. A chunk of sales tax revenue is already earmarked for other bonds.”

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