Hell, not only in Chi Town. NYC has some cred as far as corruption goes. Boss Tweed and Tammany hall come to mind (and I'll let our resident partisan members to remind us that it was the democratic party).Still Lit wrote:Kodiak wrote:Donnie Brasco wrote:It's almost like Chicago has been run by a certain faction for 20+ years....
#1 in public corruption. A study tallied 1531 convictions since 1976 - that's almost 40 per year! We're talking about a town that re-elected Jesse Jackson Jr despite him being in prison....
On a related note, NY and IL were not far behind. But a little bird told me socialism doesn't lead to more corruption.....
Are you saying that Chicago is a "socialist" city? Or that IL is a socialist state?
I have to assume that an economist of your stature knows the difference between social insurance programs (Medicare, social security, pensions) and a socialist economic system (public ownership of the means of production, e.g., a Venezuelan regime controlling the oil industry).
Come on, man! At least be sincere when you insult people.
EDIT: I have to assume also that you know that corruption in Chicago and Illinois politics is a grand and storied American Tradition dating back to the 19th century.
Saw a play with Ed Norton there. Burn This, it was called, at the old tammany hall theater, where politicians yelled at each other in the 1800's. But corruption exists in every form of government. Removing responsibility from government just moves the corruption from point A to point B.