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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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“But in recent days, a vaccinated staff member at the Roscoe Village bar tested positive for COVID-19. Four Moon co-owner Robbie Lane didn’t hesitate over what to do next: she closed Four Moon for two days and reopened Thursday with a renewed mask mandate and a requirement that anyone sitting at the bar show proof of vaccination. Lane said she is still weighing whether to make the entire bar open only to vaccinated customers.” Cognitive dissonance at it’s finest. A jabbed employee tests positive so only let jabbed customers in the bar. The bar owner deserves the fate she’ll receive.… Read more »
And masks, at a freakin’ bar, don’t do s**t
They need to lose a ton of business for their gestapo decision and for their lack of critical thinking skills for falling prey to the fear propaganda coming from the media, politicians and the CDC. What World or Country do they think they/we are living in?
Good luck to those bar owners. I’m vaxed and would not patronize a place like that.
Agree. The othering of unvaccinated people really needs to stop. If you are vaccinated, why would you care?
Because the unvaccinated must be punished for causing issues for others.
Are you certain it was an unvaccinated person that caused the bar worker to be ill? Be very careful about issuing punishment…be very careful. Nothing good lies down that path.
Who cares?