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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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The Art Institute, like the universities, is tax-exempt. Why should they expect taxpayer-funded Chicago Police to protect them?
Either this is the media again portraying the worst case, or there are incompetent people dealing with these protests. A few things should be questioned. One is when a student should command his institution to act upon a specific set of beliefs or circumstances. Another is why a student would knowingly violate a school’s policy and want amnesty. And another is when a student would be able to set-up camp at their school. Consider issues like these individually even though there is overlap, then make policy clear. Provide a current copy of investors for all applicants. Then tell applicants they… Read more »
How many of the “protesters” were actually students? Any that were should be booted out, and the professional agitators should get 30 days.
One can only wonder how many $millions$ in CPD OT this is costing city & taxpayers? Could the protest organizers or universities be bill by city?
These campus riots have been spontaneous eruptions of support for Hamas terrorists. Luckily 500 professionally printed protest signs showed up unannounced out of nowhere! Also, if you ask them what river and what sea they are chanting about you’ll get the admission they don’t know.
Somehow protesters across multiple states and campuses all coordinated on the exact same model of tents. That’s some pretty impressive logistics for a bunch of broke college kids.
Gosh, I remember a time when we didn’t have Muslims in the US. What happened?
Nothing good, Old Joe, nothing good.
I believe that many came on student visas, and just stayed.
You must be really really old! Muslims in Highland Park (MI) built a mosque in 1921.