^ You do realize that it would be quite damaging to the economy to try to balance the budget right now (substantial and sudden reduction in spending). This is not the time for it. For truly serious economists, this is pretty much a settled issue. With interest rates where they are, this is the time for massive public works/infrastructure invesment - and I mean truly massive - throughout the country, and Chicago needs it and would benefit - in terms of current and future economic growth and potential (which will do more to cut the deficit and make the debt more manageable and quite frankly reduce it to a minor or virtually non-issue going forward, than virtually anything else) - as much as, or more than the vast majority of the country........
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Last edited by SamInTheLoop; Sep 14, 2014 at 7:06 PM.
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