Counter-Revolution
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Posted on Friday, June 4, 2010 by Administrator 
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by Dan Proft
With unemployment in Cook County at 11.3%, businesses boycotting the county
because of confiscator y tax and regulatory burdens, and skyrocketing property
taxes threatening middle class families with the loss of their homes, what issue
do you suspect is on the front-burner for the Cook County Board?
The
Arizona immigration law, of course.
Is it any wonder suburban residents
talk openly of the desire to secede from Cook County?
Modesty alone
should prevent the governing authority of a county as corrupt and mismanaged as
Cook from lecturing other states about the rule of law but, to be fair,
left-wing symbolism has become Illinois' chief export.
And yet, in
classic Cook County fashion, even with a gesture as feckless as their boycott of
Arizona, they have to be on both sides of the deal. Some 79 county vendors that
hail from Arizona may continue to conduct business with the county in spite of
the boycott.
You may be thinking, why does Cook County use so many
out-of-state vendors in the first place? Shouldn't the county being using more
local businesses that provide local jobs and local tax dollars? If that's what
you're thinking, I'm warning you for the last time, that sort of intellectual
curiosity is not welcome here.
Maybe you should take your fancy common
sense and intolerant legitimate questions to, I don't know, some place like
Arizona.
No, seriously, think about it. It's apparently a nice place to
live considering Arizona's population has increased seven times faster than
Illinois' in the last decade.
But that's probably just because all the
racists and racial profilers moved to Arizona.
Except that the Latino
population in oppressive Arizona is twice that of progressive Illinois' as a
percentage of population (comprising 30% of Arizona residents).
Unlike
the Cook County Board, Arizona residents must have actually read the law.
Dan Proft is a Principal of Urquhart Media LLC, a Chicago-based public
affairs firm and political commentator for the Don Wade & Roma Morning Show
(5-9am) on Chicago's number one news talk radio station, WLS-AM 890. He can be
reached at dan@urqmedia.com.
Del.icou.us
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Posts: 1
Reply #1 on : Fri June 04, 2010, 07:31:36