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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 University of Chicago talks a big game, but the evidence shows they are becoming an organ of the left. Look at the Institute that David Axelrod runs as one example. It won’t be long before ESG is taught actively in the business school as legitimate.
The Pritzker name is engraved into Northwestern Law School, which is quickly turning into a social justice attorney mill with little grasp of the letter of the law.
Colleges today are turning out unemployable retards that see the world on in terms of who’s the most “victimized” and “oppressed.”
Yep, exactly correct. Had to read it twice to be sure I understood what he was writing.
Excellent article – neutrality should be embraced by all public-supported institutions, corporations, professional athletic teams, and social media platforms.
It’s the movement away from neutrality that has led to the mess we have today.
Requiring signed adherence from teachers to a particular ideology is antithetical to freedom, free speech and open discussion.
Politics and ideologies have no place in education – except for those courses directly addressing those topics.
The Kalven Report should be dusted off and distributed anew.
I’m afraid we’re too far down the road on this. With the agenda writers of the media also bloviating their opinions and the limited intelligence of the American voter (as evidenced by the past mid terms) I have real concern for this country’s future. Pat S, say it please!
Stupid chickens!