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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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What a pompous fool … and darned proud of it.
Leave teaching now – the children in your class(es) deserve much better than you.
My hope is that your school district helps you out the door – I believe you’ll have a lot of parents willing to help you pack and be on your way.
Appalling! And you’re stupid enough to post it on the Internet? Speaks volumes.
These degenerates should be in jail.