Economics is not a zero sum game. The size of the pie can grow in a capitalist economy where both employees and employers have an incentive for growth.
The whole point here is that Chicago Aldermen are illiterate in economics 101. They have no concept of supply and demand. They have no concept of anything except centralized CONTROL of a static economy and the transfer of money from the rich to the poor BECAUSE the rich are rich and because the poor are poor.
Invariably, when a socialist program fails, the caring solution is to make the program bigger and throw more money at the problem.
The corruption in Chicago is a special twist. The political machine has run a lot of neighborhood business out of Chicago. That neighborhood business left due to extortion from the local ward committeeman's machine. Of course, that hurt the coffers of the local machine's and strengthened the centralized control of Daley over the ward committeemen, including the Black politicians.
Both Black and non-Black ward politicians who would like to rise within the organization now lack the base of contributors. There is a conscious attempt on the part of ward politicians to attract "business" to their ward so that they have someone they can extort money from.
Sometimes this extortion is a blatant "Give me cash to put in my freezer". But more often, it is "Hire my unqualified nephew for a do-nothing no-show job if you don't want to be hassled by the health inspector."
Well, come to think of it. Their nephew is qualified for a do-nothing no-show job.
Thank you both for your assessement of this issue. I do see your point thank you for seeing mine.
It's been an interesting debate with a lot of good posts.
The social engineering in city council is unbelievable. I have asked them to tell me who will pay to defend the lawsuits that will follow. I know the good old taxpayer will get stuck with the bill.
Laws that target specific companies remind me of a soviet style government. This law punishes the poor by NOT providing jobs and increasing the cost of normal goods by not having these types of stores in the areas of need.