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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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They formerly claimed the strikes were ‘for the children.’ Now I suppose mandatory masking is ‘for the children.’ Actually it’s more ‘against childhood and learning.’
The public unions’ stranglehold on IL is one of the root causes of the state’s decline.
Teachers hate your students
Thats a very broad statement don’t you think? All teachers hate all students? Teachers, hate your students! Teachers hate, your students…..but love their own? Please….additional grammar might help your statement!