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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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Morgan Freeman: “Do you want to end racism? Stop talking about it.” The non-stop ‘we have to have a conversation” is absolute nonsense. Though black privilege would be a good conversation to have: no accountability, do what you want, say what you want, disrespect your fellow citizens, property, and law enforcement … no consequences. Blacks comprise 13% of the U.S. population and by my non-scientific estimate a tiny fraction of that 13% keeps stirring the racism pot. The vast majority of ALL Americans just want to go to school, make a living, raise their families, and live a peaceful life.… Read more »
They always say “we need to have a conversation”, when what they really mean is a monologue. Maybe “harangue” is a better word.
“Campbell-Jackson said what’s actually being taught in Bloomington-Normal schools—and what’s being challenged by conservatives—is simply a more complete version of American history that doesn’t erase the accomplishments of Black people or skirt around the fact that racism is real.”
They lie to your face about what is being taught. We’ve all seen the documents, the spreadsheets, the materials, the books, where white people are called oppressors and must acknowledge their privilege. No one is erasing the accomplishments of black people. Campbell-Jackson is lying to your face.
That’s exactly right. They lie to your face about what is being taught. The IL State School Board did the same thing, shamelessly, on its new culturally responsive teaching standards.