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Pastor Corey B. Brooks, of Chicago's Project H.O.O.D.: The reality is that DEI is an ideology for the privileged. It helps people like Claudine Gay who exploit race for power and prestige and it hurts communities like mine by exploiting them for poverty-porn.
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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Thanks for posting this!! What a great article! Ted, being a numbers and statistics guy, I strongly suggest you look into Self Determination Theory – pioneered by Edward Deci and Richard Ryan. Their works are some of the most highly cited in motivational psychology. Amazingly, they’ve done a great job dissecting and quantifying American values! Their results provide robust scientific support for liberty, agency, freedom and self determination. This article below explains the main points of their theory and also ties in nicely with Rotter’s locus of control theory.
https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-self-determination-theory-2795387
This should be required reading for every CPS student (and their teachers). Kudos to Pastor Brooks.
Agree. A very thoughtful and constructive piece.
Fantastic Pastor Brooks!!! Has Pastor Brooks ever received a dime of city or state dem machine $bucks$ for project H.O.O.D?, or 100% philanthropic funded?