Chicago homicides surge 13% in 2008 compared to 2007 - but why?

[MIAMIwolf]

Shmoozy south loop condos, bronzeville, Midway, etc. The area that surrounds those old wealthy enclaves in probably the largest swath of african-american poeverty in the country. Like North and South Korea, the differences that divide North and South Chicago are just as extreme, minus the exceptions of a few thousand people who live in these little enclaves. It's almost as if there is a parallel there like the "38th parallel" between the Koreas.

[Attrill]

Originally Posted by 60-minutes-II

Anways I am a firm believer that if you don't work on improving yourself you don't deserve a salary that will be able to afford you luxuries that someone who spent years in school.

Someone who spends years learning a trade on the job IS improving themselves, in a lot of cases much more so than many college students who are there to party and scrape by in classes. Why should someone who sits behind a desk all day browsing the internet and posting to boards make more money than someone welding a few hundred feet off the ground? Having student loans and a job where you have dress up a little bit doesn't have anything to do with what you earn. People make what they make based on the demand for their skills (even with unions - look at UAW concessions over the last 30 years).

[tablemtn]

To what extent is Mayor Daley to blame for failing to implement the correct policies to control the murder rate in his city?