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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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Does this racist law only protect black people hair? Or does it protect mohawks, mullets & rat-tails too? how ’bout dat?
Now we have a law about hairstyles. What’s next? Toenail colors?
Length of eye lashes and fingernails is next. With the length of some fingernails when she tries to type an M she gets and 8 or 9 or even F7. That’s how the budget is balanced-Long Fingernails.
I’d laugh if it weren’t likely to be accurate.
One time when called for jury duty the woman handing out stipend checks had nails that extended no less than 3″ off the tips of her fingers. Seeing her pick up checks was worth the time spent waiting to be called into court.
Her dismissive attitude was also notable – either she hated her job and those of use who were collecting a pittance for being there and transportation or she was having a simply horrible day; I wasn’t going to ask.
Failed Governor Pritzker Signs Goofy Bill Micro-Managing School Rules On Hairstyles