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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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Gee, I never took a school bus to school back in the day. I want reparations for the wear and tear on my body resulting from that traumatic experience.
Why don’t parents like mine did get off your lazy asses and take your children to school get involved lazy asses.
Can superintendents drive stick shift?
Remember the 3 speed on the column?
Here is a program from C-SPAN today on school choice. https://www.c-span.org/video/?522339-1/discussion-parental-rights-educational-system