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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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Kids are told in government run schools to vote for the Democrats, and not to think for themselves. Schools are controlled by unions. Communist ideas are supported by these educators. After three or four generations of this, we have what we have today. Students and young adults blindly following the party of the Left.
From what I can tell, the constant barrage of Democrat propaganda works only to turn some kids into Democrats. For a lot of kids, they are rebelling against the Democrat globohomo agenda taught in schools. When you’re teacher and principal says “Vote Joe Biden and also be ghey” that’s pretty, uncool, especially when the alternative candidate (especially for young men) is a pretty cool convicted felon who is completely in tune with internet and modern culture, down to the latest meme shared by teenagers. NPR even admits that Biden has serious problems with today’s youth as he only has a… Read more »
Excellent article. From trial of Jesus, it’s always been easier to just follow the mob.
Why do people still vote for democrats? Because they are just stupid.
Exactly because they have been brainwashed along the way.