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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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schools shaking down the city”………subtle too
A powerhouse of organizing doesn’t produce anything. Socialists don’t want to work inasmuch as they want to organize others to work. A bunch of people sitting behind desks in between protests and the occasional contract negotiation.
it would be interesting to know what % of grad student union member/ kids are non-white? or from low income backgrounds? I’ll bet very few