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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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Wuhan Masks were and are a sign of fealty to the Democrat Elite. Kind of like a Kim Jung Il pin in North Korea or a Nazi armband. Wear one of these and you show that you are submitting to the leaders. Der fuehrer.
I put up a chain link fence around my yard to keep mosquitoes out
I still wear a mask — not because of the fake medical advice — but because it reminds me to stay a good distance away from strangers in public, and keeps strangers a good distance away from me — that’s the best way to avoid getting sick — no matter its a cold, the flu or COVID
You have a right to wear a mask in public (or private if you choose) and I have a right to not wear a mask in public or private unless I choose to.
Being kind, we were misled, being frank we were out and out lied to.
The loss of confidence in the CDC and much of the medical community may take generations to overcome, if ever.
Sad waste of trust. I doubt it was worth it, in spite of the enrichment of the liars.
You’re just being intellectually dishonest with yourself.