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Lori Lightfoot Suggests Street Vendors Stop Using Cash In Order To Quell Chicago Crime Epidemic
Daily Caller ^ | Jan. 20, 2023 | NICOLE SILVERIO

Posted on 01/21/2023 6:45:23 AM PST by Bon of Babble

Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot suggested Thursday that street vendors stop using cash in order to quell Chicago’s crime spike.

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KEYWORDS: beetlejuice; biden; chicago; chicongo; chiraq; groot; ihearthedrumstonight; illinois; lightfoot; lorilightfoot; mayorbeetlejuice; mayorgroot; ohlawd; pritzker
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“I heard a lot of rhetoric here, a lot of soundbites, but not a lot of concrete solutions on how we get the job done and make our residents and our workers safe. We’re doing it every single day,” Lightfoot said.
1 posted on 01/21/2023 6:45:23 AM PST by Bon of Babble
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To: Bon of Babble

Someone alert the Nobel committee, Lightfoot is sure to win the Peace Prize for stopping violent crime in Chicago once and for all.

All that has to happen if for street vendors to stop using cash.


2 posted on 01/21/2023 6:46:16 AM PST by Bon of Babble (Rigged Elections have Consequences)
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To: Bon of Babble

Punish the innocent, reward the guilty.

It’s the Democrat way.


3 posted on 01/21/2023 6:46:59 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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To: Bon of Babble

And run them out of business…


4 posted on 01/21/2023 6:48:06 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
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To: Bon of Babble

Portillo’s, a fairly large fast food chain in the Chicago area, stopped the cash option for their drive-thru pickup. They usually have people standing outside taking orders and payments in the line.


5 posted on 01/21/2023 6:48:22 AM PST by Bernard (“the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God." JFK 1-20-61)
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To: Bon of Babble

Using cash means less taxes go to mayor groot.


6 posted on 01/21/2023 6:48:55 AM PST by dynachrome (“We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the US economy.” Rand Paul)
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To: Bon of Babble

And by street vendors, does she mean hookers and drug pushers? This is Chicago after all.


7 posted on 01/21/2023 6:49:36 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (Donald Trump is a setting sun. Ron DeSantis is a rising star.)
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To: Bon of Babble

I suppose they could Zelle their funds to the robbers’ checking accounts.


8 posted on 01/21/2023 6:50:08 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: Bon of Babble

Woke banks need to offer a credit card for illegal street drug purchases.


9 posted on 01/21/2023 6:56:04 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

stay in doors and don’t go out side to quell crime in the streets, don’t wear provocative clothes outside to avoid being raped. This is the rot you have elected


10 posted on 01/21/2023 6:57:03 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: Bon of Babble

Wouldn’t it be even better if the street vendors just gave their stuff away? Then there’d be no reason for anybody to rob anyone.
Come on, Mayor Lightfoot. Start thinking outside the box.


11 posted on 01/21/2023 6:57:04 AM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Bon of Babble; Roman_War_Criminal; SaveFerris

Sure, a chip in the back of the hand that can be scanned like a debit card would work great. Right?


12 posted on 01/21/2023 7:06:18 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: Bon of Babble

I’m more of a fan of Gordon. Groot lightfoot, not so much. 🤔😁👍


13 posted on 01/21/2023 7:12:18 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: Bon of Babble
Chicago is a horrifying tragedy. Every weekend there are shootings and killings. This tragedy is a direct result of harebrained policies of the Democrat Party and its supporters.

Giving these people the benefit of even the most dubious doubt, they cannot seem to comprehend that good intentions untempered by wisdom and ruthless truth lead inevitably to disaster.

"The Road to Hell is paved with good intentions."

Donald Trump proposed an excellent plan for vitalizing the horrifying, violent and impoverished ghettos of America's inner cities and solving this terrible, heartbreaking problem once and for all.

Democrats opposed this.

Their reasons were obvious:

(1) They hate Donald Trump because they fear and hate truth and anyone who speaks truth, and Donald Trump speaks truth, and truth interferes with their self-serving agenda.

(2) Democrat Politicians do not want any real solution to the problems responsible for America's horrifying, violent and impoverished ghettos because from them they derive enormous wealth and power.

(3) The last thing Democrat Politicians want is for Donald Trump--or anyone who is not their supporter and lackey--and especially anyone who speaks truth--to solve and get credit for solving the problem of America's horrifying, violent and impoverished ghettos.

Yes, this is harsh judgment, but the Democrat Party deserves harsh judgment.
14 posted on 01/21/2023 7:12:50 AM PST by Savage Beast (Americans DESPISE the corrupt elites, their media toadies and their corruption of the US government!)
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To: Bon of Babble

Yup go cashless and await the 87000 new IRS agents.


15 posted on 01/21/2023 7:15:09 AM PST by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media )
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To: Bon of Babble

Brilliant. Next women can reduce the rape problem with Krazy Glue.


16 posted on 01/21/2023 7:17:52 AM PST by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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To: Bon of Babble

Lori must be getting kickbacks from the Mob for their cut of the drug crime....


17 posted on 01/21/2023 7:21:17 AM PST by G Larry ( "woke" means 'stupid enough to fall for the promotion of every human weakness into a virtue')
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To: Bon of Babble

I suggest Lori Lightfoot stop using words so she won’t sound stupid.


18 posted on 01/21/2023 7:21:59 AM PST by blackdog (The head, hands, and heart, serve even further than the purse. )
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To: ArcadeQuarters

Actually strippers do use glue. The stage management frowns on a leaky dugout.


19 posted on 01/21/2023 7:24:03 AM PST by blackdog (The head, hands, and heart, serve even further than the purse. )
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To: blackdog

😲


20 posted on 01/21/2023 7:26:00 AM PST by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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