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They say both groups are being targeted by the same system of racism and oppression. “The system of racism, of white supremacy, is the one that’s forcing young Black and Brown people into prison.” The protest was organized by the Coalition to March on the DNC.
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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All the talk about racism is…..you guessed it, driven by racism. Sooner or later this is going to get ugly. Guaranteed these fine folks wouldn’t be chirping if they had accomplished their desired extermination. They just don’t like being ill equipped and ineffective. Sucks to be you.
Not matter the problem, destroying whitey is the solution: BLM, LGBTQ, Free Palestine, prison reform, climate change, etc. Destroying ‘white supremacy’ aka white people always seems to be the solution.