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The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling affirming Tennessee legislation that restricts gender-affirming care for minors is likely to have ripple effects in states with strong protections of transgender health like Illinois, which will be asked to take on more out-of-state patients.
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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Hmm….Dems undoing the work of God. This dove tails with their abortion support in all trimesters!
Laurie’s child mutilation program comes to a screeching halt when the fed money dries up. This is clearly another cash grab on par with the illegal immigrant spending spree, both in the name of being compassionate and caring. Funny how the nuts and bolts of this nonsense are kept secret from the people footing the bill and the denials start flying thicker than hornets around a nest hit by a rock when the details leak out.
Another addition to our bloated budget
Stop funding far left policies for other state residents. Stop funding far left identity politics. Worry about funding programs for IL US citizens.
Laurie “Children’s ” hospital does these surgeries!! So much for caring for children