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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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After high school graduation, ones who can read and write, are looking to get the hell out of Illinois. If the trend holds, many won’t ever come back to give a damn about voting in any Illinois elections. Hence the Jesse Jackson, Sr., Young Voter Empowerment Law.
Blue states see the writing on the wall. They’re going to be forced to clean up their voter rolls and remove the deceased, those who moved out of state, and the illegals registered via motor voter laws. This will be devastating to keeping power. The point of registering high school seniors is to get their names on the voter rolls so their fraudulently cast ballots can be counted in future elections. Once they are on the voter rolls, they likely won’t be forced to come off for a long time.
I remember when this voter had to be 21 years old, then came the Vietnam war.I still think 21 was a better age.
Implementing this Bill would be an open door to manipulation and another brick in the Democraps plan to control elections. I can see it now, Seniors would be Required to attend voter orientation (Training) class to graduate and in that class the teachers and district would have every uncontrolled and unmanaged opportunity to manipulate these students without their parents awareness or consent. This scheme is maniacal and shows just how far democraps will go to control and manipulate elections. Students should not be put into a situation where they have to cooperate with teachers and districts, who are people who… Read more »
I can see it now. Teachers telling students they will get a passing grade I’d students vote for Democrats and their left policies.
Just when you thought Illinois education standards had reached a low point…here comes votes for grades