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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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Of course, if these families were described as illegal aliens rather than “migrants” and “new arrivals” we’d be talking about solutions other than spending more tax dollars, that Illinois doesn’t have, on schools.
Spot on; Public Charges is a more apt term.
This is what ‘sanctuary’ county means: your own school district will turn into Wheeling CCSD D21. 79% of the district cannot read at grade level. 49% of the district is low income. 52% are English learners. 50.9% is latinks…. Half the district is ESL and latinks…..many of these students are likely Americans too – AND THEY AREN’T EVEN LEARNING ENGLISH AT HOME OR IN THE COMMUNITY. How can you be born in America and be in elementary school and still be considered an English learner? All of the suburbs and all of Illinois is starting to look like this third… Read more »
I know kids who speak English but are put into the ESL track. I assume schools get more gov funds for that. Harms the kid.