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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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Identify the demographics of school district. There’s your answer.
The woke district will not appropriately discipline kids who break the rules.
Hey Tom Brokaw – want to ask all the whites you trashed for leaving Matteson/Richton whether they’d do it again?
Kids are sitting 3 to a seat on the bus, but being told to socially distance when they get on the bus! What a mess.
Oh! Frustration and behavioral issues. Yup, that about covers it. Maybe a gathering or situation. It’s inexplicable! It’s spontaneous, everybody just starts fighting! Hmmmm…Cocobolo Security?