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2019-10-29 Economy

Chicago Mayor Learning that Eventually, You Run Out of Other People's Money

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-10-29 04:10|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Any bets on how soon she'll take after the one and starts blaming the previous mayor*?

*His being a Jew, albeit a renegade one, should play well to her Woke/Wakandan constituencies.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-10-29 04:32|| 2019-10-29 04:32|| Front Page Top

#2 They apparently don't see why the city council can't just slap a few more cents on the dozens of taxes that residents are already paying. Piece of cake.

Well yeah. Then you put on a stern face and tell people if they want to live in your awesome city, they'd better pay their fair share. And then you call them racists for leaving.

Posted by Herb McCoy 2019-10-29 06:09|| 2019-10-29 06:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Current Chicago pension debt is about $150,000 per family unit.

Posted by 3dc 2019-10-29 06:48|| 2019-10-29 06:48|| Front Page Top

#4 They'd be best to heed that discussion in The Sun Also Rises:

“How did you go bankrupt?"
Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.”

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-10-29 08:02|| 2019-10-29 08:02|| Front Page Top

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