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Chicago Mayor Compares Fiscal Responsibility to Slavery

And the city is drowning in debt...

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Chad Hagan
Oct 09, 2024
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On October 7, 2024 Chicago Mayor Brandon equated fiscal responsibility with the arguments made by those who opposed the emancipation of Black people during the Civil War. This was in defense of his proposal for a $300 million high-interest loan to fund the demands of the Chicago Teachers Union. Johnson claimed that critics of this financial strategy wer…

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