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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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We lined up by height, pity the short ones at the front. nothing is fair in life, get over it.
Gonna make for an awkward Daddy/Daughter dance!
My son’s school cancelled their daddy/daughter dance because one progressive mom said it wasn’t inclusive enough. So now it’s everyone! I heard the inclusive dance was a complete disaster.
While I appreciate the daddy/daughter dance, our society doesn’t live in that world anymore because there are so many single moms with absent fathers and multiple children from different fathers.
Line them up by boys, girls and whatever else. After recess just don’t let the whatever else yoyo crew back in the building. That’s tip number 7 for those keeping score.