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In article <93020316335@drktowr.chi.il.us> magus@drktowr.chi.il.us (Louis Giliberto) writes:
>Jonathan E. Quist (jeq@i88.isc.com) wrote:
>: Well, okay, if you're assuming the bookie isn't independant, then
>: the "family" makes the money.  My point remains, however, that it's
>: better for that money to be spent in the Chicago area than out of state.
>: Money spent in melrose park still has indirect benefits for Chicago.
>
>I agree 100% with that.  Now my question is: What's the problem with
>money being spent by the state in Chicago?
>
>Like you said "it's better for that money to be spent in the Chicago
>area...."  I'll merely change "than out of state" to "than downstate".
>
>Money spent in Chicago still has indirect benefits for the near suburbs,
>which has been my point from the word go.

The point that you are missing is the matter of choice in where the state
spends money and who it gets it from.  I can't say that I am not going to 
pay my taxes.  I can say that I am not going to fund a bookie.  I can not
say that I am not going to have my tax dollars go where the state decides
to spend it.  I can say that I am not going to a casino.

You miss the concept of choice.

People downstate or in the burbs have little choice.  Yes we can and do
vote, but for a long time there has been a rubber stamp of "paid to chicago
because it screwed up again" in the state treasury.  There is alot of
resentment throughout the state, be it down state or in the burbs towards
chicago or more specificly the chicago politics.
>
>-Louis
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