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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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No, what is weird is feeling a need to wear something on your face that is not natural.
Its long past time to mask shame others
Weird? Really?
How nice not to breathe in bacteria and have more health issues as a result of breathing thru something that never was a deterrent.
What’s weird is a Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine psychologist saying, “It’s going to be weird or uncomfortable for people to get rid of something they’ve been wearing for the last two years.”
That belongs in the Onion not the Chicago Tribune.
Elation is a better word.
Like the elementary kids cheering when the teacher said no more masks.
I mandate politicians keep their masks on FOREVER!
It’ll be weird only if you make it weird.
Weird, not a chance I ditched the mask a long time ago.
No issues here – I stopped wearing a mask nearly a month ago. I’ve only been challenged in one store. To avoid a scene, I donned the mask I was carrying in my pocket.
My motivation was not to make a scene, it was to breathe easier and avoid eyeglass fog.