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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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Boycott United airlines at all cost, we must stop this violation of our constitutional rights
Do they also check out all their contracted computer programmers in India? You the ones they outsource all their IT work too instead of Americans. I can assure you they are not firing all their many contracted help. But pity you if you work for United proper payroll.
Southwest is still encouraging but not mandating employee vaccinations. Dump United, fly Southwest.
I find it hard to believe that 99% of their employees are vaccinated. NO where near the national average. Hopefully they pay dearly for this cruel, inhumane and lawless decision.
All bullshit
Great crises=great opportunities. Proposal: Co-op of Americans who prefer to work at/shop businesses (including hospitals/healthcare, transportation, and every other goods&service provision) which opt to maintain the rule of law including respecting informed consent and opposing mandates which are invasive of personal physical autonomy (just like those in power describe objections to abortion mandates pro or con)). Enough consumers voting with pocketbooks can effect great change. Corrupt incestuous omnipotent political granting of Certificate Of Need for hospital-type medical provision facilities is one example of control which could be obviated by the new social class of lepers created by those very same… Read more »
There has to be a subplot, like carbon credits for enforcement of Biden policy. Nothing tangible, just woke bllsheet!
Plenty of jobs out there from numerous articles I read. United might just grounded with fewer employees.
Satanic
Sounds like airlines that aren’t mandating are about to solve their employee shortage issue.