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"We do not have time to waste. Already, we waste too much of our water and the valuable materials it carries — materials we need to make batteries, electrify society and power the next wave of computing. Too much of our water is contaminated. "
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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This reads like an essay written by an 8th grader who understands little of what they write. SAD!
Don’t be shocked……what (who) do you think is running this gov’t anyway?