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标 题: 芝加哥教育系统5亿美元缺口,州长提议破产重组,市长提议加税
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Jan 22 15:43:16 2016, 美东)
"B" Word Hits Chicago: Illinois Governor Proposes Bankruptcy for Chicago
Public School System
"B" Word Hits Chicago
At long last, Illinois has a sensible proposal to help Chicago schools:
Bankruptcy.
The cause of Chicago's problem is untenable pension promises, ridiculous
union contracts, and bloated administration payrolls.
As a direct result of those problems, the Chicago Board of Education, the
nation’s third-largest district, is under fiscal siege. The CBOE operating
deficit is projected to reach $1 billion a year through 2020.
Yet, union arrogance abounds. The Chicago's teachers union is threatening to
strike, demanding still more benefits.
Republicans Propose Takeover
The solution, proposed by Governor Bruce Rauner and key Republican leaders
on January 20, is a
State Takeover and Bankruptcy for Chicago Schools.
Christine Radogno and Jim Durkin, the state’s top Republicans in the
legislature, outlined a proposal Wednesday that would allow the state to
take control and even push the system, charged with educating almost 400,000
students, into Chapter 9.
“What we’re proposing is a lifeline,” state Senator Radogno told
reporters in Chicago. “We didn’t come to this lightly. The track record of
Chicago and its public school system is abysmal.”
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner, a Republican who has been at odds for
months with the Democrat-controlled legislature over the state budget, has
said he won’t bail out Chicago’s school system unless Mayor Rahm Emanuel
supports limits on unions or other proposals he’s seeking to enact.
School officials passed a budget for the year that started July 1 with a
$480 million hole, asking the state for the money to fill the gap. Without
it, the district faces drastic cuts and more borrowing, officials have said.
“The mayor is 100 percent opposed to Gov. Rauner’s ‘plan’ to drive
CPS bankrupt,” Emanuel’s spokeswoman, Kelley Quinn, said in a statement.
“If the governor was serious about helping Chicago students, he should
start by proposing -- and passing -- a budget that fully funds education and
treats CPS students like every other child in the state.”
Chicago’s school district bonds have been cut to junk by all three
major credit-rating companies. On Tuesday, Fitch Ratings lowered its grade
on $6.1 billion of general-obligation debt by three steps to B+, four ranks
below investment grade. Bonds due in 2039 traded on Jan. 15 for an average
of 88 cents on the dollar to yield 6.5 percent.
Tax Hikes and More Tax Hikes
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's solution to this mess was to make the biggest tax hike
in history.
On October 28, 2015 I commented Chicago's Sheep Dogs Approve Mayor's Tax on
Sheep; Quote of the Day "It's Not a Piece of Art".
The "sheep" in question are Chicago taxpayers who will need to pony up a
historic property tax hike of $589 million to fund the city's police and
fire department pensions.
Chicago Curbed notes "some aldermen and activists have warned that the
historic tax hike will hit renters the hardest."
The report added "There have already been some neighborhood skirmishes in
Logan Square, Humboldt Park and notably in Pilsen regarding runaway
gentrification, and some activists say that the property tax increase will
only exacerbate the effects."
Did Emanuel's Tax Hike Solve Anything?
Of course not. The school system is still broke. And instead of admitting
the problem, mayor Emanuel wants the rest of Illinois taxpayers to "save the
system".
The system is bankrupt. It cannot be saved. Any rational person would not
want to save a corrupt, taxpayer-milking machine that does a horrendous job
at its primary goal: teaching.
Does that make Emanuel an idiot?
Here's my polite answer: When a politician's job depends on not
understanding a problem, there's no way in hell the problem will be
understood.
Governor Rauner needs to stand his ground for as long as it takes, no matter
what the interim consequences.
Read more at http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2016/01/b-word-hits-chicago-illinois-governor.html#mfoDZMo0GbwBDFRL.99 |
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