I was in Chicago last week and it's like all major US cities, only bigger, broker and even more impossible to fix. I drove up from Indy and cut through the south side to pick up Lake Shore Drive heading into downtown.That route takes you through Jackson Park or some name like that. It's an area politicians and elites like to refer to "historical" or "diverse" or if they're gonna  feeling 1% honest, they'll say "economically challenged ".   Regular people  call it a $hithole, getto, 3rd world etc...  

In my brief drive through, numerous people just wandered across  the street in traffic expecting cars to stop which is thing on St Louis as well.

Downtown Chicago was great as always; on the outside anyway. If they were a corporation, they'd have to declare bankruptcy and the owners & officers would be brought up on criminal charges. But, it's run by liberal Democrats which means they'll just keep raising taxes until they've bled everyone dry and then you and I will pay for it. That's how it works.

WebsterMark wrote on 09/24/17 at 06:17:21:


Great lie... you know nothing of my city.  Our economy is actually doing pretty good.

Stop lying about being here.

(see how stupid that looks?)  Of course you don't.

MnSpring wrote on 09/24/17 at 17:20:48:

Wife was watching a Game Show on TV.

She told me, 1st Place Prize, was a Weeks Stay, at a Chicago Hotel.

        2nd Place, was TWO weeks !!!!!!!!

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WebsterMark wrote on 09/25/17 at 05:32:08:


Stop being a fool.

You're lying.

I travel for work almost every week. last week was Indy and Chicago, this week it's New York. You can search all you want for lies, but you better look within if  you want to find one.

BWAAAHAAHAAHAAAAA!!!!  I CHALLENGED YOU TO DO THE SAME THING!!!!

SO?..... WHERE'S YOUR PROOF??????

I checked a map and the $hithole I drove through is called Jackson Park. I'm guessing you don't live or hangout there, and for good reason.

And your economic ignorance is showing through, again. Maybe Chicago finished in the top 20 some 4 years ago or some such obscure statistics.
Big woop....  If a man was $100,000 in credit card debt and got a part time job paying $250 a week, but still added $300 a week to his debt, no one (except you I guess) would celebrate his 'progress'.

Again, if Chicago were a person or a corporation, they'd be bankrupt and in jail for fraud. Last week, there were commercials calling for citizens to log complains about the latest theft, the Chicago pop tax. You know, that tax on large sugary sodas like New York did. What a joke. Like anyone believes Chicago government gives a F about health.... it's all about raking in some additional cash to pay for another day.... hell with tomorrow.

Downtown Chicago is great. Fun time as always especially when it's not my money paying twice as much for everything. It's the ultimate nice place to visit, but wouldn't want to live there.
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Man up webby - admit that your claim against me being a liar is without merit.

If you don't, you have ZERO credibility.

If you had a brain, you would have seen I said most major US cities are all basically the same. Chicago is the same as St Louis only 5 times bigger. Detroit, Atlanta, LA, Baltimore etc.....close your eyes and you wouldn't know the difference between any of them.

I certainly understand that everyone should have a certain amount of pride in their city and so you should take pride in Chicago. Just don't pretend you're the only one who knows what's going on there.

As far as lying, you made up a story and got caught, not me. You've doubled down on it. Fine, whatever. Just stop pretending you didn't and move on.

When McCain and Obama ran against each other, healthcare was THE main topic. Once Obama won, he had something of a mandate to make some changes. He could have made small, incremental changes that would have made some improvements, but he choose cram a program everyone knew would fail and be in the spot it's in today. The insurance companies pulling out, the high premiums, the unbelievable amount of money it's cost us; none of that was a surprise.

He should have adopted McCain's plan to begin forcing health insurance away from being the employers responsibility and coupled that together with his guaranteed minimum coverage ideas to come up with the beginnings of a new concept in health insurance.

Instead, because as a liberal his belief is government first and foremost, he pushed through a bill no one read or understood, including himself.

Single payer will devastate America and in fact, much of the world. We've got to let that idea go.

What is preventing insurance companies from competing across state lines? I keep hearing this topic so I assume there's a regulation preventing this or they have to qualify in each state so the cost is prohibitive.

What would happen if health insurance could be purchased like auto insurance? A few changes such as guaranteed coverage, no cancellation provisions etc... but would it work?

WebsterMark wrote on 09/25/17 at 06:49:55:


LMAO - nice!!  You have been measured and shown to be less little guy.

Now go slink back to your "lovely" home of St. Louis.....

How's that?