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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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Too many stories out there about Bill being a complete tool for there not to be some truth. He’s a funny guy, but not necessarily a good one.
That peasant white girl was still white, and embodied all of whiteness, and therefore privileged, and was part of the oppressor class against anyone of a different color skin; and because she was white, and the painting by a white artist, this art was therefore completely unrelatable to BIPOC.
now here is art we can all relate to:
Great moment.
That’s a nice anecdote. Hey Lori, looking for another no work gig? Become a political pundit. How about that guy on Oak Street! 90 rounds into him and his car. Just funnin and trying to top the siege at Cook County. Hmmmm…..doesn’t seem to be an ammo shortage, zero trigger discipline; just spray and pray. Where’s all the ammo coming from? Toni??
Personally, I have this framed and hanging on my wall: https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1mvyuq/bill_fucking_murray/