It shouldn’t have taken a PhD in economics to notice this – Wirepoints Quickpoint
May 17, 2024
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What a representation of Chicago’s plight.
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"Look, my wife and I, we’re raising our three children on the West Side of Chicago. It’s a beautiful part of the city. We love it. But it also has been the side of the city of Chicago that has experienced gross disinvestment, from school closings, from lack of transportation, from lack of investments; and so, I wake up every single day in one of the most toughest parts of the city. And so, there is no one in this city that thinks about public safety more than someone like me, who is raising a family on the West Side of Chicago," the mayor said.
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I guess I see Brandon’s point; it is right on the top of his head.
Con man.
National figures are having a ball with who he fingers (correctly), is responsible for the crime in the city.
Nope, SOCIETY is responsible for crime, because disinvestment and systemic racism are the root causes of crime. So we can’t really blame the criminal, it’s not his fault, he’s the victim, and when he commits crime, it’s not it fault, he has no other choice. Disinvestment and systemic racism compel him to commit crimes.
Brando found the root cause, and it was…..disinvestment! What a surprising revelation! And of course the answer is……free money! This grifter is nothing more than a worthless bag of wind. Toss him.
Mayor Raggedy is telling a half truth here they no longer live on the West but since being elected have moved to Bronzeville
How do you know this?
His West side was Lombard, supposedly.