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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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95% of CPS HS seniors probably identify with whatever political positions are presently on their Feed.
These students can spare the time out of class, since the teachers have done such a great job teaching them reading and math.
Would be really interested to know how many high schoolers would do this if it was after school as opposed to a day off.
I saw this personally when Administrators in a number of Westside Chicago High Schools released upperclassmen to help senior citizens get to the polls and gave them civics credit for the effort during the Washington/Epton mayoral election.
Fantastic trib editorial!!! Gives this life long Chicagoan hope what’s left of press has a backbone……unbalivably despicable using kids, the majority functionally illiterate, to further CTUs $political$ ambitions
Thumbs down was probably thrilled to pieces when Lori tried to give students school credit to pass out flyers for her failed mayoral campaign. These Dems have more dirty tricks than Nixon could’ve imagined.
Seems there are some people who have made it their mission in life to downvote every comment. Paid activists?
With funny smelling thumbs.
Cause they are losers otherwise