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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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Long ago knew a fellow parent as white as could be who was claiming native american ancestry to get her kid in selective enrollment cps schools. Why stop at native americans–why not all other minority groups if your a ill pol trying to fill up over priced univ ill w plummeting population. The u of i system would love more chinese
As a native American rapper I approve of this development
As in the case of ms warren or the fellow parent i new years ago, What are the requirements to qualify as native american, african american, white american,, or pink and purple poka-dot american? I believe differnt native american tribes have very srict guidlines? Genetic dna testing has made it all a mess