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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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Latinx is not a real word. The official institute for the Spanish language has said that Latinx is not a real world. Latinx is a fake word. The only people who use this fake word are upper middle class liberals who feel that replacing improper ‘x’ with the proper and correct ‘o’ at the end of the word is somehow more inclusive. It is not, it is offense, and no anglo needs to be telling Spanish speaking people how to use their language.
And you also have people who use some real words wrongly with frequency such as the word “tax’s” which from the context in which it’s written should be written as “taxes.” I say this not to embarrass but to try to educate since others in that person’s sphere clearly do not wish to face the likely ridicule of doing so. Now, I’m that target, I presume. That individual should be grateful since most who read or hear such things likely know which spelling to use and when to do so.
Tax’s is not a usage I see often. And let’s be honest, not everyone like us can spend all day writing and communicating with others. I’ll pass on an incorrect spelling especially on the internet.
Preckwinkle sites Ariel investor–j rogers as a model for corporate responsibility for diversity…but isn’t his whole sthick being the minority investment option guy for all the gov union pension funds to meet there minority goals?