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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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Coke 12 oz
140 calories
39g carbs
39g sugar
Apple Juice 12 oz
175 calories
42.2g carbs
45g sugar
Big dummies.
Both are terrible but there is arguably maybe a little difference between the high fructose corn syrup in the coke and the glucose/fructose in the apple juice.
Both are terrible for kids and they should be drinking water. Water and milk are pretty much the only choices available in my house.
So white people eat healthier and the government must step in intervene for POCs?
How racist is that?
White people don’t eat much healthier, come check out my extended family at Thanksgiving. It’s a competition as to who can drink the most 2L of Coke and who can eat the most desert.
Communism
Because the other issues are resolved.