Translation: Watch for Boykin to propose a $10,000 a year pay cut for each Cook County Board commissioner — including President Toni Preckwinkle.
Sneed is told he wants the money to fund jobs for youth in hopes of preventing a summer of violence.
“In 1932, in the midst of the Great Depression, members of Congress voted to reduce their own salaries by 10 percent,” he said.
• The shocker: “In Cook County, we have the great depression of unemployment in many of our communities; 25.8% in West Garfield Park; 22.5% in the Austin community.”
• The kicker: During the Great Depression, when everybody seemed out of work, the unemployment rate was 16 percent to 25 percent.
Sneed is told he wants the money to fund jobs for youth in hopes of preventing a summer of violence.
“In 1932, in the midst of the Great Depression, members of Congress voted to reduce their own salaries by 10 percent,” he said.
• The shocker: “In Cook County, we have the great depression of unemployment in many of our communities; 25.8% in West Garfield Park; 22.5% in the Austin community.”
• The kicker: During the Great Depression, when everybody seemed out of work, the unemployment rate was 16 percent to 25 percent.
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