Saturday, August 10, 2013

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Rahm selling off everything that's not nailed down

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Rahm selling off everything that's not nailed down:

Rahm selling off everything that's not nailed down

I don't think so. 
Following the direction set by his predecessor, Mayor Emanuel has put the whole city up for sale. Next up on the auction block, the airports, hospitals, and port. 

Writes Mick Dumke in the Reader:
"We are taking what was an underutilized, run-down port and turning it into an engine of opportunity," Emanuel promised.
These are the times we live in: the city has to sell off pieces of public property so it can invest in them. At least that's the narrative that Emanuel is advancing out of City Hall, like Mayor Daley before him. When they say it over and over it almost makes sense, like it's not paradoxical after all. It certainly sounds a lot better than coming out