Much of the routine trade and investment between China and America is entirely appropriate and in America’s interest. But inserting the Chinese Communist Party into America’s pay-to-play system and its economic development strategy isn’t just crossing a line. It’s a leap into an abyss of stupidity.
Wow! Look at that list of tax increases. Kiss the business community in Chicago Good-Bye! And he must have missed his History class when he was out protesting everything under the sun. Many of those taxes have already been tried in Chicago or other places, and have often been repealed or reduced because they have proven to scare away business.
To turn this mess around, Chicago and Illinois need ethical leaders who have business and financial acumen and who have no leanings to public unions. Until such leaders are in place, the death spiral will continue.