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"Rosenberg ably excerpts some of the most remarkable assertions of the video, but in order to fully grasp the level of hatred being expressed, it is worthwhile listening to the almost 7 minutes of the rant, in which the speaker, author Kimberly Jones, credits participating on Operation Push (Jesse Jackson’s old outfit) for her level of economic sophistication (such as it is)."
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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“Protest, riot, loot” resonates in places like Chicago because our systems of education and justice no longer hold people accountable. CPS boasts 85% graduation rates, but only 26% of the grads read and do math at grade level. That means that a vast majority of CPS students leave school without the requisite skills to go to college or get good jobs. Instead, this largely Black segment of Chicago youth end up in the criminal justice system where, sadly, accountability is also on pause thanks to go-easy-on-crime policies supported by our city, county, state and court systems. The political elite… Read more »
Will CTU teachers be participating in the student arson, rioting and thefts. I think they will.
Hmmm…….I wonder if she’s ever expressed herself with her fists.
Looks like she just might be a bit of a brawler.
SO much anger and despair and so willing to share it with the world – thanks to the fine folks at CPS.
But no solutions – only destruction and ‘burning the b—ch down.’
This is the best CPS has to offer – no wonder kids are graduating and unable to read. What a travesty!
She brawls with herself after the person in the mirror called her a shyne.