I have to disagree a little bit on the Union thing. That was AFSME union and includes Firemen, Police City and State employees that had an agreement for a pension in place of lower wages. Not only Chicago but every state and city government spent the pension money. They let it slide till it was too late to make the promise good. That is exactly what happened. It was Republican cities as well as Democratic. But your right about Chicago, taking more of the tax revenue than it contributes. That made it easier to spend that pension money.