Editorial: Mayor Lightfoot’s 2021 budget rescued by risky borrowing – Chicago Tribune*

"Lightfoot’s budget blueprint for the rest of this year and next year might not look painful to the average Chicago taxpayer. But it relies heavily on expensive borrowing; its balance sheet depended significantly on federal aid from June, not restructuring; and it does not make lasting changes to the tax-and-spend policies that drive deficit spending."

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