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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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illinois wants to destroy homeschooling. and this is what they produce.
No problem Haven’t you heard? JB and the Dems want to lower the standards for scoring math and reading competence– so, Wallah, a whole bunch more students are reading at grade level. The poor kids and their parents are getting duped into thinking the kids are reading and doing math better than they really are. What a nasty, cruel hoax to so many Illinoisans.
Looks like the CTU wants its graduates to go out into a world that has low expectations of their performance. How does that make them competitive for jobs?
Garbage men (and women) don’t need an education.
The job pays well and comes with all the perks and benefits, including a lifetime pension.
That’s all they’ll qualify for with their lack of education.