Better than Fiesta Bowl: McCarron knocks Big Box Living Wage Law
Updated Saturday evening, Dec. 30: The Public Affairs show with John McCarron, discussed below, has now been added to the Public Affairs podcast page and [can be watched here].
Also added on Saturday evening to the podcast page, for your viewing on your computer, are two shows taped earlier this week but which have not yet aired on cable: (1) Our show with Chicago Tribune columnist and blogger Eric Zorn and Republican campaign consultant Dan Proft, discussing the key international, national, state and local events, winners and losers in 2006, and predictions of same for 2007 and (2) Our show with State Rep. Paul Froehlich [R-Schaumburg] discussing why the National and State GOP have been heading downhill, and how to fix that.
[These shows, along with twenty others, can be watched here].
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John McCarron: I think some things are better dealt with nationally. You’re backing me into a corner, here.
Jeff Berkowitz: …All right, so backing you into that corner…you don’t want that higher minimum wage—higher at the City level [than suburbs] and you don’t want it higher for Illinois. Nationally, same problem. You raise the minimum wage nationally—you cut people out of jobs, out of employment—[You should] give them an earned income tax credit [if their income is low]. Democrats want that, Rahm Emanuel wants that. Milton Friedman wanted that.
John McCarron: We’ve got an earned income tax credit.
Jeff Berkowitz: Expand it. Do anything to keep people working.
John McCarron: We should. I’m all for it. I’m all for it.
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Monday night's City of Chicago edition of Public Affairs, airing throughout the City of Chicago at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21 [CANTV][Opposite the Fiesta Bowl], features John McCarron, a Chicago Urban Affairs power player,Chicago Tribune columnist and Medill School Adjunct Professor. You may also[Watch the show with McCarron here].
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The "Public Affairs," podcast page gives you a choice of more than twenty-five episodes of “Public Affairs," including our upcoming show with Tribune columnist/blogger Eric Zorn and Republican campaign consultant Dan Proft and our show with this Monday night's guest, Chicago Power Player John McCarron; previous shows with Cong. Schakowsky [D-Evanston], Cong. Bean [D-Barrington], Chicago power player Gery Chico, State Sen. Steve Rauschenberger [R-Elgin], and State Rep. Julie Hamos [D-Evanston] as well as interviews, discussions or remarks with or by U. S. Senators John McCain and Barack Obama, former NYC Mayor Rudy Giulianiand many, many more pols on our video podcast page[Watch here].
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For more about this Monday night's show in the City of Chicago , including a summary of topics discussed, background information about the featured guest, Chicago Urban Affairs power player John McCarron, and partial transcripts of the show, see here
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This coming week's suburban edition of Public affairs features Eric Zorn, Chicago Tribune columnist and blogger, punching and counterpunching over the Year in Review and predictions for 2007 with Republican campaign consultant Dan Proft See end of this post for a "Public Affairs," suburban airing schedule [There is a special airing of the Zorn-Proft show this Tuesday night at 9:30 pm on Comcast Ch. 19 in ten suburbs including Winnetka, Kenilworth, Glencoe, Highland Park, Highwood, Bannockburn, Lincolnshire, Riverwoods, Deerfield and Ft. Sheridan]
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Jeff Berkowitz: Economic development. I think Laura Washington would tell you it has been somewhat uneven across the city [of Chicago]. Englewood may not have benefited as much from this mayor as certain other areas perhaps on the Northwest side. Do you agree? Is that a fair criticism?
John McCarron: Well, to some extent, Englewood is still Englewood. As is Woodlawn, as is North Lawndale, we have areas--
Jeff Berkowitz: The west side and the south side [of Chicago]. Have they gotten better [in terms of economic development]?
John McCarron: Yes, they have.
Jeff Berkowitz: Under Mayor Daley?
John McCarron: Yes.
Jeff Berkowitz: Because of Mayor Daley?
John McCarron: Yes. Two different questions. Under Mayor Daley, yes. Because of Mayor Daley, I mean the reason that so much—you go to the south side of Chicago and you drive down King Drive, you start at McCormick Place and just drive south down King Drive and you can’t believe—someone who has been covering the City for thirty years just can’t believe the truth of my eyes because it has just been re-born. A lot of it. Yeah, there’s pockets here, pockets there, but I mean, it’s been re-built. What’s going on? The private market—your favorite vehicle of all human endeavor is changing neighborhoods, especially as we radiate out on vectors from the downtown, which, of course, is—
Jeff Berkowitz: Changing in a positive way?
John McCarron: Changing in a very positive way.
Jeff Berkowitz: Stores are coming in. Targets are coming in. Home Depots. At least they were trying to. Then the City Council said, “No, you folks [Big Box stores] must pay double the [Illinois] minimum wage—have a Living Wage of $13/hour. Daley said, “I am having none of that.” He vetoed it [the Big Box living wage ordinance]. He won. Is he [Daley] right on the Living Wage?
John McCarron: …Okay, we’re moving right along here? We’re moving into minimum wage. Daley is right on minimum wage. And, a lot of these community organizations that are fighting Wal-Mart and demanding a Living Wage, I think they are wrong. And, the reason is I think that makes us non-competitive. Competitive, competitive.
Jeff Berkowitz: There you go.
John McCarron: Makes us non-competitive with the suburbs. I mean if you can go right across Harlem Avenue [outside of the City of Chicago] and buy a sofa out at a store where they are paying their clerks less or where their property or their sales tax is less, you’re going to do it, I mean it is just—
Jeff Berkowitz: You recognize that you are losing jobs, you are losing tax revenues to the suburbs [if the City requires Big Box stores to pay a Living Wage that is higher than the Illinois minimum wage]. You are with Daley on that?
John McCarron: Yes, because certain things- like minimum wage—have to be done, ought to be done nationally. We have a Republican Congress and a lot of states are getting frustrated and they are doing it state by state—
Jeff Berkowitz: So, you would criticize the Governor [Blagojevich] and the state legislature [in Illinois] for passing a higher minimum wage than in other states. You get the same kind of loss of jobs in Illinois relative to other states that you are talking about City-Suburban, right? You agree?
John McCarron: Yes, I would. Yes, I would.
Jeff Berkowitz: Now, just take it one last step--
John McCarron: I think some things are better dealt with nationally. You’re backing me into a corner, here.
Jeff Berkowitz: …All right, so backing you into that corner…you don’t want that higher minimum wage—higher at the City level [than suburbs] and you don’t want it higher for Illinois. Nationally, same problem. You raise the minimum wage nationally—you cut people out of jobs, out of employment—[You should] give them an earned income tax credit [if their income is low]. Democrats want that, Rahm Emanuel wants that. Milton Friedman wanted that.
John McCarron: We’ve got an earned income tax credit.
Jeff Berkowitz: Expand it. Do anything to keep people working.
John McCarron: We should. I’m all for it. I’m all for it.
Jeff Berkowitz: All right…We got McCarron to say we should cut out the national minimum wage.
John McCarron: No, I didn’t say that. Go to the China standard, huh?
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John McCarron , as was recorded on Dec. 17 and as is airing this Monday night[8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21, CANTV] on the City of Chicago edition of Public Affairs. You may also[watch the McCarron program here]. ***************************************************
Jeff Berkowitz, Show Host/Producer of "Public Affairs," and Executive Legal Recruiter doing legal search can be reached at JBCG@aol.com
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Also added on Saturday evening to the podcast page, for your viewing on your computer, are two shows taped earlier this week but which have not yet aired on cable: (1) Our show with Chicago Tribune columnist and blogger Eric Zorn and Republican campaign consultant Dan Proft, discussing the key international, national, state and local events, winners and losers in 2006, and predictions of same for 2007 and (2) Our show with State Rep. Paul Froehlich [R-Schaumburg] discussing why the National and State GOP have been heading downhill, and how to fix that.
[These shows, along with twenty others, can be watched here].
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John McCarron: I think some things are better dealt with nationally. You’re backing me into a corner, here.
Jeff Berkowitz: …All right, so backing you into that corner…you don’t want that higher minimum wage—higher at the City level [than suburbs] and you don’t want it higher for Illinois. Nationally, same problem. You raise the minimum wage nationally—you cut people out of jobs, out of employment—[You should] give them an earned income tax credit [if their income is low]. Democrats want that, Rahm Emanuel wants that. Milton Friedman wanted that.
John McCarron: We’ve got an earned income tax credit.
Jeff Berkowitz: Expand it. Do anything to keep people working.
John McCarron: We should. I’m all for it. I’m all for it.
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Monday night's City of Chicago edition of Public Affairs, airing throughout the City of Chicago at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21 [CANTV][Opposite the Fiesta Bowl], features John McCarron, a Chicago Urban Affairs power player,Chicago Tribune columnist and Medill School Adjunct Professor. You may also[Watch the show with McCarron here].
*********************************************************
The "Public Affairs," podcast page gives you a choice of more than twenty-five episodes of “Public Affairs," including our upcoming show with Tribune columnist/blogger Eric Zorn and Republican campaign consultant Dan Proft and our show with this Monday night's guest, Chicago Power Player John McCarron; previous shows with Cong. Schakowsky [D-Evanston], Cong. Bean [D-Barrington], Chicago power player Gery Chico, State Sen. Steve Rauschenberger [R-Elgin], and State Rep. Julie Hamos [D-Evanston] as well as interviews, discussions or remarks with or by U. S. Senators John McCain and Barack Obama, former NYC Mayor Rudy Giulianiand many, many more pols on our video podcast page[Watch here].
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For more about this Monday night's show in the City of Chicago , including a summary of topics discussed, background information about the featured guest, Chicago Urban Affairs power player John McCarron, and partial transcripts of the show, see here
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This coming week's suburban edition of Public affairs features Eric Zorn, Chicago Tribune columnist and blogger, punching and counterpunching over the Year in Review and predictions for 2007 with Republican campaign consultant Dan Proft See end of this post for a "Public Affairs," suburban airing schedule [There is a special airing of the Zorn-Proft show this Tuesday night at 9:30 pm on Comcast Ch. 19 in ten suburbs including Winnetka, Kenilworth, Glencoe, Highland Park, Highwood, Bannockburn, Lincolnshire, Riverwoods, Deerfield and Ft. Sheridan]
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Jeff Berkowitz: Economic development. I think Laura Washington would tell you it has been somewhat uneven across the city [of Chicago]. Englewood may not have benefited as much from this mayor as certain other areas perhaps on the Northwest side. Do you agree? Is that a fair criticism?
John McCarron: Well, to some extent, Englewood is still Englewood. As is Woodlawn, as is North Lawndale, we have areas--
Jeff Berkowitz: The west side and the south side [of Chicago]. Have they gotten better [in terms of economic development]?
John McCarron: Yes, they have.
Jeff Berkowitz: Under Mayor Daley?
John McCarron: Yes.
Jeff Berkowitz: Because of Mayor Daley?
John McCarron: Yes. Two different questions. Under Mayor Daley, yes. Because of Mayor Daley, I mean the reason that so much—you go to the south side of Chicago and you drive down King Drive, you start at McCormick Place and just drive south down King Drive and you can’t believe—someone who has been covering the City for thirty years just can’t believe the truth of my eyes because it has just been re-born. A lot of it. Yeah, there’s pockets here, pockets there, but I mean, it’s been re-built. What’s going on? The private market—your favorite vehicle of all human endeavor is changing neighborhoods, especially as we radiate out on vectors from the downtown, which, of course, is—
Jeff Berkowitz: Changing in a positive way?
John McCarron: Changing in a very positive way.
Jeff Berkowitz: Stores are coming in. Targets are coming in. Home Depots. At least they were trying to. Then the City Council said, “No, you folks [Big Box stores] must pay double the [Illinois] minimum wage—have a Living Wage of $13/hour. Daley said, “I am having none of that.” He vetoed it [the Big Box living wage ordinance]. He won. Is he [Daley] right on the Living Wage?
John McCarron: …Okay, we’re moving right along here? We’re moving into minimum wage. Daley is right on minimum wage. And, a lot of these community organizations that are fighting Wal-Mart and demanding a Living Wage, I think they are wrong. And, the reason is I think that makes us non-competitive. Competitive, competitive.
Jeff Berkowitz: There you go.
John McCarron: Makes us non-competitive with the suburbs. I mean if you can go right across Harlem Avenue [outside of the City of Chicago] and buy a sofa out at a store where they are paying their clerks less or where their property or their sales tax is less, you’re going to do it, I mean it is just—
Jeff Berkowitz: You recognize that you are losing jobs, you are losing tax revenues to the suburbs [if the City requires Big Box stores to pay a Living Wage that is higher than the Illinois minimum wage]. You are with Daley on that?
John McCarron: Yes, because certain things- like minimum wage—have to be done, ought to be done nationally. We have a Republican Congress and a lot of states are getting frustrated and they are doing it state by state—
Jeff Berkowitz: So, you would criticize the Governor [Blagojevich] and the state legislature [in Illinois] for passing a higher minimum wage than in other states. You get the same kind of loss of jobs in Illinois relative to other states that you are talking about City-Suburban, right? You agree?
John McCarron: Yes, I would. Yes, I would.
Jeff Berkowitz: Now, just take it one last step--
John McCarron: I think some things are better dealt with nationally. You’re backing me into a corner, here.
Jeff Berkowitz: …All right, so backing you into that corner…you don’t want that higher minimum wage—higher at the City level [than suburbs] and you don’t want it higher for Illinois. Nationally, same problem. You raise the minimum wage nationally—you cut people out of jobs, out of employment—[You should] give them an earned income tax credit [if their income is low]. Democrats want that, Rahm Emanuel wants that. Milton Friedman wanted that.
John McCarron: We’ve got an earned income tax credit.
Jeff Berkowitz: Expand it. Do anything to keep people working.
John McCarron: We should. I’m all for it. I’m all for it.
Jeff Berkowitz: All right…We got McCarron to say we should cut out the national minimum wage.
John McCarron: No, I didn’t say that. Go to the China standard, huh?
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John McCarron , as was recorded on Dec. 17 and as is airing this Monday night[8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21, CANTV] on the City of Chicago edition of Public Affairs. You may also[watch the McCarron program here]. ***************************************************
Jeff Berkowitz, Show Host/Producer of "Public Affairs," and Executive Legal Recruiter doing legal search can be reached at JBCG@aol.com
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