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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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Can it be any more clear that the education establishment wants to usurp parental authority over children?
McAuliffe accidentally said it out loud, and now they are trying to backtrack. But these “under the radar” proposals make their intent perfectly clear.
I suppose you might agree that there are some parents who are essentially unworthy of that name in that they are unfit for the role and can be abusive in numerous sorts of ways. They are the exceptions, but where such relationships exist outisde intervention is not a bad idea at all. Your generalized statement fails to note such cases.
Of course I agree that some parents are unfit and can be a danger to their children. But I do not agree that a school counselor should be the person to make that determination.
A school counselor only brings it to the attention of other resources locally. What they decide is on them. By the way, what other adults beyond the immediate family are in a position of supervisory responsibility for children day after day and are most likely to spot changes in mood or behavior that seem questionable as compared to the norm?