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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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The International students pay a higher tuition than out of state (non-resident) students at UIUC.
https://admissions.illinois.edu/Invest/tuition
Funded by assorted Federal giveaway programs.
The international students cheat, do not speak English and refuse to assimilate. Keep them out.
I just knew my state taxes were being put to good use educating and training foreigners while many Illinois kids are told to look elsewhere. UIUC gives new meaning to the phrase ‘flagship state college’.
They believe that foreigners are more american than the native scum born and raised in IL, especially if they grew up south of I-80
International tuition should be 50% higher than regular out-of-state tuition, not basically the same amount. That premium needs to reflect the true cost of taking a slot away from an Illinois taxpaying citizen whose tax dollars fund the school.
Especially if they are going to give the cold shoulder to american students while there.
Those 10,000 international students represent 10,000 fewer spots that IL students. How exactly is this equitable?
Hey, they pay full freight. Colleges need that dough.