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.
What a bunch of party line canned dribble. And what a shame for Illinois. Many of us remember Durbin when he was a state legislator from Springfield. He was a real moderate Democratic, consensus builder, and worked quite well with Republicans on innumerable common sense pieces of legislation. It is sad to see what thirty years or more in DC does to a pretty good guy who used to be a solid Midwestern pragmatist. And by the way, no one has ever seriously looked into his wife’s lobbying business over the decades. Both at the state and federal level, she… Read more »
If anyone thinks $350 million to extend the Redline is a good idea, they don’t know Dick.