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"It's scary for people like me, who are not gang-affiliated, that have to go to school every day and then wonder, 'Dang, am I going to get shot?'" Kiya, one of the student protest organizers said. The students called on city leaders to bolster security on their campus and crack down on gangs.
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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Sorry Kiya, instead the gubnor is going to make it easier for these bum’s to commit crime.
They had help making the protest signs, they could not spell all the words. CPS education system at its best.
Its super easy. These kids just need to stop shooting each other. It’s really that easy! It’s not like this is Ukraine, and the Russians are shelling from across the border. It’s not like the US has been invaded by Chinese, and they’re pillaging the streets, house by house. It’s not like this is Syria, where one governmental faction is fighting each other. This ‘gun violence’ is really just ‘gang violence’ as kids are encouraging each other to resolve their seeming petty ‘street cred’ disputes by shooting each other. This can be so easily solved. Just stop shooting each other!… Read more »
So you students are scared of guns but not the gang members in your presence that might be carrying them ?
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Did the students carry the proper signs protesting gun violence blaming white conservatives? White supremacists? NRA members? Just asking for a friend.