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Re:Chicago, where rich live 30 years longer than the poor by sgift on Sunday June 23, 2019 @08:02AM (#20254931)
> Decades ago, instead of raising taxes, the city started borrowing money

Also known as "starve the beast", a proud strategy still proposed by many of the so called elites in charge of tax policy and their good, rich friends.

Bad news: Those who profited from it are the same people who live 30 years longer. And with the low taxes they pay there's more than enough money left for bribing .. err I'm sorry .. completely legal lobbying to make sure this doesn't change.

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Re:Chicago, where rich live 30 years longer than the poor by rayiner on Sunday June 23, 2019 @09:38AM (#20255389)
Starve the beast is a republican policy to try and shrink government. Chicago's mayor has been a Democrat since 1931.
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Re:Chicago, where rich live 30 years longer than the poor by TehCorwiz on Sunday June 23, 2019 @10:31AM (#20255768)
Aren't taxes are levied by the legislature?
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Re:Chicago, where rich live 30 years longer than the poor by tptacek on Sunday June 23, 2019 @11:46AM (#20256310)
Both Chicago's and the state's legislature are overwhelmingly Democratic.
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Re:Chicago, where rich live 30 years longer than the poor by selimthegrim on Sunday June 23, 2019 @10:44AM (#20255858)
Look up where the Madigans are from.
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