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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Letters to the Editor

Want to help the poor? Make it easier to start, run a business

Must be something in the water, but both Chicago newspapers on Monday had articles touting the benefits of our government just giving people money. One called it the best way to help the needy permanently, and the other said it would humanize government and revitalize our economy.

The first thing that must be said is that when our federal government is $30 trillion in debt, and most city and state governments are drowning in debt, how does anyone see that it’s a great thing to just keep borrowing and printing money?

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