IN THE MAILBOX
GRASSROOTS COLLABORATIVE
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PRESS STATEMENT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 23, 2013
Contact: Nathan Ryan, Communications Organizer, 920-445-3920, nathan@thegrassrootscollaborative.org
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's Budget Address Continues Status Quo Instead of Addressing Growing Inequality
CHICAGO
In this morning's budget address, Mayor Emanuel chose to continue the status quo policies that pile fees and fines upon the backs' of working and middle class families. Instead of making the truly "tough choices" to force banks and corporations to pay their fair share, the proposed 2014 budget places the burden squarely on Chicago residents, once again. Every year, the City of Chicago pays $76 million a year to Wall Street banks to borrow money. This money was taken from the open wallets of taxpayers in 2008, when we bailed the banks out for crashing our