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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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If there was a miscarriage, there is no new family, so there should not be any paid leave!
Duckworthless announces plan to give men time off for menstrual cramps. Dont laugh.
After this Tammy Dimwit will focus on legislation to provide paid leave for an ice cream headache and ingrown hairs.
They just never stop, do they?
My cynical, suspicious nature causes me to ask whether medical science is able to distinguish between a miscarriage and a morning-after pill when the erstwhile mother presents herself to get whatever benefits this legislation would provide? Simple ignorance on my part — clueless male without political objectives or motives.
Excellent point!