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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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How can one host an *honest discussion* when only one group is involved in said discussion…?
“We need to have a conversation, discussion, etc”. They have never wanted discussion, only a never-ending monologue.
Gee, could I sponsor a white folks only seminar on crime demographics and fatherhood at the University of Chicago?
No, no, no, no, no! THAT would be racist.
The absurdity simply smacks you in the face. Talk about reverse Jim Crow!
Dr. King weeps.
Sure, why not? and while you’re separating Whites from BIPOCs, go ahead and separate the money People of White Color pay in taxes, and mark it only for POWC people to use.
Oh the shame, I’m white! Ya mean I can’t participate in a forum with a room full of mangy mutts? OK!
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