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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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If I’m in the ER or a doctor’s office, I’m looking for MEDICAL COMPETENCY – forget cultural sensitivity.
I want competent healthcare, not woke coddling.
Undocumented Immigrants in the hospital is the very definition of Public Charge. They should be deported to their country of origin for the cultural sensitivity care they require!
Years ago, I read an article about how medical caregivers had TOO much cultural competency, to the point that it was considered racist stereotypes. In the ER, there’s a medical condition that only Latin women get called the “Ay-ay-ays!; african-americans would just mubble and point to something; rich white women would get really crabby at staff and try to second guess the staff, etc. The medical profession was trying to standardize care and get rid of But now it seems like we’ve come full circle and it’s again OK to expect Latin women to exclaim Ay-ay-ayes! in exasperation, and so… Read more »