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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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Transgender boys SHOULD NOT be allowed to compete against biological females in any sport.
Beyond stupid IMO.
Transgenders are not a “privileged” class of anything. We have reached the brink of insanity and degradation in our society currently. These students need “Mental help and therapy”, they should not be placed on a pedestal and given preferential treatment over any students in our schools. This needs to stop.