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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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Signs at many wild life locations state “Do not feed the animals because they will become dependent on being fed by humans”. I guess the same warning does not apply to the welfare crowd.
“the biggest danger to the Negro in America today (1965) comes not from the KKK but from the white Liberal who thinks the black man cannot do for himself without the help of the white man…”-Malcom X
and look what they did to him for sayin that…
How silly, Oak Park and Evanston never had slavery. 😑
There are some tribal chiefs and some African famiilies still profitting their ancestor chief relatives who captured and sold Africans to Europeans. They have the nerve to charge Diaspora People of African Heritage admission to African slave fortresses too. 😐
Fools and their money! Why not! If they’re dumb enough to feel guilty, they shouldn’t be trusted with money!
It is officially a race to the bottom between Evanston and Oak Park. For awhile Evanston had a nice lead but Oak Park is closing fast!
So, you are admitting that people of color are unable to succeed on their own without handouts? That the time since the emancipation hasn’t been great enough for three, maybe four generations to find a path to becoming contributing members of society? What about the years of social propgrams? Food stamps, wicc, call it whatever you want… These programs simply weren’t BIG ENOUGH? Dear residents of Oak Park, elections have consequences. Of course, if you are capable of seeing this as a wealth transfer and chit to buy votes, simply move to another town that believes all men (and women)… Read more »
Imagine feeling guilty for something you had nothing to do with.
Imagine feeling that a fellow human being is beneath you and must be pitied as such a helpless creature that you must give them money using your position of power.
These lefties are sick people.
It’s a narcissistic personality disorder. They are compelled to insert themselves into whichever issue garners the most sympathy at that time until a new issue commands the public’s attention.
They’re basing their findings on discussions with two people?! The focus groups were an attempt to shore up community input before distributing the survey, he said, adding that 11 people registered to participate in the three scheduled focus groups, but only three people showed up.“Overall, it was a pretty disappointing turnout, but the conversation we had with those two residents who showed up ended up being two hours long and they just really let it all out — to the point that Dominican said they have more than enough information on how residents are feeling based on that conversation,” Harris… Read more »
Requiring people who never owned a slave, and neither did their ancestors, to transfer wealth to people who were never slaves or related to a slave.
Years back I met a man whose grandfather was a slave. He’s a multi-millionaire and a big shaker and mover in the black community.
He doesn’t need the transfer of someone else’s wealth, he earned his own through hard work.
Western civilization does not punish children for the transgressions of their ancestors or relatives. The bible specifically says that punishing a son for the sins of his father was prohibited, it says this in many places. However, other cultures do believe in this form of punishment . For example, North Korea promises three generations of punishment – the criminal and his children and his children’s children, for crimes against the state. China also practices this too by zhulian which is punishing the relatives of people who defy the state as a ‘guilt by association’ and in premodern asia, governments did… Read more »
The sons Cain and Abel (and everyone since then) were/are punished from residing in The Garden of Eden, because of dad Adam and mother Eve eating from a forbidden tree. 😑
True dat, but now we got the new testament
Yeah we have the NT, but then and now – some sons are punished for their fathers’ sins. 🤔
Oak Park Wants To Set Up Its Own Reparations Revenue Robbery Racket