-- Connecting the dots between our economy, government and business --
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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Lori have in to the CTU. Just reported. Forget getting your vaccine as the teachers, staff, patronage workers and their extended families, relatives, boarders, roommates etc. will now be prioritized.
Loris ultimatums are truly laughable and the commie CTU has her number. She will give in.
CTU teachers Go F— you!
The whining complaints just never end. Has there ever been a more arrogant, self-entitled, destructive group than teacher unions?
If we ever restore sanity in this country, we need to put an end to public unions.
teachers deserve special treatment over everyone else! They are heroes!
/snark
Some are, actually.
Most are awful, but I’m sure there’s a handful good ones in there. If they were actually heroes, our state’s reading/math scores wouldn’t be in the gutters.