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Tara Ingham, executive director of the Midwest Food Bank (MFB), which distributes food to dozens of area food pantries, said that in 2022, demand for food from MFB’s partner agencies increased 25%. This year, that number has jumped to 30%.
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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Is it just me but most of the people using Snap benefits seem to be on the XL to XXXL size and those are just the kids. Went to my local Woodman’s and people using Snap or Link cards have at least 2 shopping carts mostly full of junk foods. I think only healthy foods should be allowed not soda and chips.
Hmm, is SNAP a division of Snapple?