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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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Send them to a back door into the ICE bus
Let’s be clear. If that student can’t speak English than an interpreters are hired to translate the courses. Another drain on the taxpayers and school budgets
Yes. That’s why you can’t compare private school cost to public schools. They are required to teach students regardless of their needs while private schools don’t need to accept every student. Interpreters are just one additional expense. There are also kids with physical and mental issues. Think severe behavioral issues, hearing issues, sight issues, or chronic health issues. These things add up. You are correct that laws preventing schools from denying students based on immigration status causes expenses to increase. So do all the other issues around mental and physical accommodations. People should remember this when they wonder why the… Read more »