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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 kids can wear the masks for a while longer and they will be just fine. No need to make a big deal out of it, the school mask mandate will be lifted soon enough.
I tried to write a comment, but just cannot find the words to describe how despicable I find this kind of thinking.
The Brown University Professor does not believe teacher unions are the main reason for the children-last COVID policies.
Yet she did not study teacher union political power in children-last COVID states and municipalities.
She forgot to mention that it wasn’t only policymakers pushing parents to be afraid for their children. The Atlantic was right there amplifying that message as much as possible.