Posted on 08/07/2016 4:44:23 PM PDT by Kaslin
Chicago - will be the next Detroit soon...
Hey only 78 years to make up the shortfall!
Nice job Rhambo!
I thought, when I saw “typically democrat solution” they must’ve appealed to the Federal Govt and obtained a 30 billion dollar bailout.
Pleased to see that at least they are going to have Chicago residents pay for Chicago boondoggles.
“””The average Chicago homeowner’s water and sewer bill is $114.30, billed every other month, city officials have said.”””
$114.30 billed every other month or $57.15 per month looks pretty cheap to me. I am paying just over $80 per month for water and sewer.
another enemy of America, when do we get smart and go after these criminals
Either Democrats don’t understand the concept of the “death spiral”, or they think if they continue to raise taxes at a slow enough pace they can delay the exodus of the middle class (including the black and hispanic middle class) long enough for the current office holders to retire to Florida.
Using the average amount paid for these utilities is pointless. I think a more realistic figure would me the median amount paid.
The city sits right on the shores of the world’s largest fresh water source, and dumps much of it waste water (after treatment) down the Mississippi through the Sanitary Canal.
Go a few miles inland to the collar counties, and you’ll start to find water and sewer bills that look like yours. But the point is city dwellers should have relatively inexpensive water, and have had it, but soon won’t, because of Democrat incompetence and corruption.
So the actual plan would be to have the pensioners die off before they get paid.
It depends on how many people live in your household, and it depends on the area where you live. I remember when we paid $5 per month for water. We didn’t have sewer then, they put that in our street and area when we were stationed in Germany
That only works if the city has changed from defined benefit to defined contribution for active workers.
I don’t know if that has happened.
That can happen! After all, it is Chicago.
He’ll spend the money on some other thing and come back to the trough once again ...
And there's an Illinois constitutional amendment that guarantees full union pension funding to boot.
Good thing that we have judges in black robes who will overturn such amendments the taxpayers don't like...
Oh, what am I saying?
Only constitutional amendments that the PEOPLE voted on, those are OK to overturn.
If it's a "public" UNION, there is absolutely no way to get around it, as nobody has "standing".
“Chicago - will be the next Detroit soon...”
Democrats destroy everything they touch. They are a cancer on the body politic.
72 / 7% expected Annual Growth = 10 years for your investment to Double, ALL Public Pensions expect this Mathematically Impossibility in perpetuity. That WHich is Mathematically impossible WILL NOT HAPPEN, no matter what Anyone says.
It will officially be the next Detroit when the Police Chief tells the public, like the Chief in Detroit, to arm themselves because Police can’t get there in time. It appears they are in denial currently. Crime substantially dropped in the Motor City after that.
Here in the Houston suburbs our basic bill is pennies more than $50 most of the year and rises to close to $60 month when it is dry and we have to run the sprinklers three times a week. Seems like you are paying a lot more than we are.
Not sure what Chicago is complaining about either.
And it's some of the best water in the world. I never even thought of drinking bottled water when I lived there. I've even drank water straight from the lake a few miles out.
Chicago was once the greatest city in America. now it just another rat hole.
BTW Did you know Chicago is the 3d largest Mexican city in the world? It comes after L.A and Mexico City (DF).
Build that wall!
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