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01-30-2009, 09:41 AM
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Hangin' With King Friday
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: The Neighborhood of Make Believe
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We got our bailout yesterday when Blago was ousted.
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01-30-2009, 09:44 AM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Aug 2007
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Originally Posted by long101
Chicago got bailed out by selling the skyway, parking meters and garages.
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More like a sell-out than a bail-out... |
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01-30-2009, 10:03 AM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Chicago
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Quote:
Originally Posted by via chicago
More like a sell-out than a bail-out...
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ehhh were bailed out for the next year or two then were screwed  |
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01-30-2009, 10:35 AM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Wicker Park, Chicago
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Quote:
Originally Posted by long101
Chicago got bailed out by selling the skyway, parking meters and garages.
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Not good enough when we got a Mayor named DALEY! I hate him, his policies, and mismangement. You have to be his crony to get a city job! |
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01-30-2009, 09:06 PM
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The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Chicago
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Quote:
Originally Posted by long101
Chicago got bailed out by selling the skyway, parking meters and garages.
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...but the mayor is holding the money back for the possible Olympics and also to be used as his own slush fund...  |
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01-30-2009, 09:13 PM
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There's beauty in the solace of not giving a damn.
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Chicago
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Chicago Banks Getting Bailout Funds
Let's not forget that a lot of the mega-banks that got the bulk of the bailout money out have countless billions dollars invested here, so Chicago is getting its bailout indirectly as well. Fact is, there simply aren't any large Chicago-based banks left to bail out; they've all been bought out by other institutions headquartered elsewhere. I think Harris is the only large Chicago-area bank left, and it's not even that large by multi-national banking standards.
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01-30-2009, 09:24 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Chicago
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jesse69
Not good enough when we got a Mayor named DALEY! I hate him, his policies, and mismangement. You have to be his crony to get a city job!
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Settle down, Francis. |
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