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“I’ve been very clear. I do not believe in erasing history. I think you’ve got to put it in a proper context. I think you’ve got to honor the entirety of that history,” the mayor said.
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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When do we tear down the statues of Martin Luther King, and rename MLK Drive? He was, after all a serial adulterer.
Adultery has been rebranded as a one-party open relationship.
The rebrand is only for minors.
The whole case against Columbus is based on the filthy lies of an America-hating-Marxist-fraudster and fake historian — Howard Zinn — the Jussie Smollett of American history:
https://www.thecollegefix.com/howard-zinn-lied-about-christopher-columbus-heres-how/
Thanks for the link – always wondered where this nonsense came from.
My question is why on earth did educators buy into it?
The far left took control of colleges and schools years ago — they have been systematically poisoning the minds of students for decades — teaching them to hate America, hate their family, hate God, hate people of faith, hate unborn children, hate police, hate the flag, hate people who actually work for a living, hate free speech, hate people who excel and succeed, hate independent thought, and hate each other based on race.
That pretty much sums it up.