Apparently airth10, you can neither read nor add, because I just counted 11 facts or links to statistics in Roger’s piece. It took you all night to come up with that rejoinder?
And since you seem to enjoy quick hit & runs, here’s a Chicago-centric story you’ll really like:
On a purely personal, selfish basis, I should vote Democratic this and every election cycle. You see, I am in a quirky corner of the business world that actually tends to do better when Dems are in power, because we have greater opportunities when there is economic dislocation. So with the possibility of 4 years of Obama and an all Democrat Congress, the future is looking pretty bright to me, on a professional basis only. And if that were not enough, our business ALSO benefits from very favorable tax-treatment, all thanks to…yes, you guessed it, A DEMOCRAT!!!!(or more accurately, a long line of Democrats). I know, it’s deliciously ironic, a conservative like me, in a business that prospers when Dems are screwing things up, then gets taxed less than everyone else. Hey, they’re YOUR political choice not mine. How does this relate to Chicago? Well, an old-line Chicago Dem, named D. Rostenkowski, former head of the powerful Ways and Means committee, was instrumental in retaining the great tax treatment that our business enjoys. Years and years of well-placed political contributions to him and subsequent Chicago Dems have secured their loyalty. I was born here, I fully comprehend “the Chicago Way”, as does BO and his crowd.