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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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By their test scores that’s all they are preparing for
It’s a civics lesson . Break the law and enter the country illegally you get arrested and deported,
You don’t think they know that already? Desperation drives yu to roll the dice and take your chances.
Desperation drives yu to roll the dice and take your chances.
More like opportunism, aided and abetted by destructive elements like the Illinois Education Association, fake media, Democrats, and you (but I repeat myself.)
Schools’ primary function (which they are failing at) is to educate kids, not fight federal immigration officials.