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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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50 cases per 100,000 citizens is .05%, or .0005 just to emphasize how small this number is. What would people say if their raise was that amount? Is this really substantial?
The IL legislature has reintroduced HB 2789 to take over schools and leave local officials out of any decision process. PLEASE be on the lookout for any news and tell your representative they cannot lock school kids out of the classroom again. This is not a D vs R issue – this is mental sanity for our kids. This cannot be allowed to pass.
2789 is the hill we have to die on. Under no account should the Government get involved in PRIVATE schools. I am told the bill is being lined up for reintroduction in November 2021. This was all part of the grand plan Freddie & his Official Government Workers Party developed earlier this year. To create another plandemic and then through 2789 shut down ALL schools. You see private schools proved last year there was no need for shutdowns by staying open full time. Private schools have to take a stand as well. “Go it alone” should 2789 pass. Besides parents… Read more »
We will not comply. Simple as that.
*Ground Hog Day* has evolved into *Covid Hog Day*…
Ill enter stores with no mask as I have been doing all along. Then they have the burden of approaching me. Many just ignore me and get sick of enforcing.
As soon as lollapolooza makes their money for Rahm donors, Lori will start her mask control game. Numerous reports say the scum politically connected door people at lollapolooza are not checking credentials and Lori doesn’t care. She has to take care of c3.
I haven’t and I will not comply. If any business requires it and you don’t like it. Don’t support them. What an absolute garbage time we live in.
Same here. I’m done with it. It’s now a casedemic. I mean, do they even note the miniscule daily deaths anymore? For over a year that was the lead on every outlet.