I figured out a solution on how to help the Chicago Public Schools. Raise the property tax on Trump Tower in Chicago. President-elect Donald Trump's not paying anything in federal income taxes, so he can well afford it.

Jimbo, Chicago Heights

I don't get it. This is the 21st century. Because of transportation, everything has grown extremely small compared to the 14th or 15 century. World trade is not only necessary, but it's going to happen no matter what we do. So it isn't a matter of saying world trade, trading with other countries or things like this Trans-Pacific Partnership are a bad deal, because they're not. The bad deal is when we allow other countries to cheat on the agreements. Japan forces our automobiles to sit on the dock for a year to be inspected before they can be sold. By the time they're ready to sell them, the vehicles are rusty. Things like that shouldn't be allowed.

To all you Republican turncoats out there: You will be remembered. That's a guarantee. You're a bunch of traitors.

Karen Lewis, president of the Chicago Teachers Union, used the students of Chicago Public Schools as bargaining chips like she's in a poker game. She must have scrambled eggs for brains. She has been doing this for years, and she should have been terminated years ago. Children's parents need to know when their kids can go to school on a regular basis and not be used as pawns by Lewis and threatened with strikes.

Alsip

The only thing that would have made me cheer louder than the Chicago Cubs winning the World Series would be reading in the newspaper that Michael Madigan had resigned his position as speaker of the House and moved out of the state of Illinois.

Kyle, Burbank

Who better to run the country. A doer or a talker?

J.K.

To Fred, who asked, “What is behind Jill Stein's sudden recount call?” Green Party values are non-violence, ecological wisdom, social justice and grass-roots democracy. Recounts are necessary to assure the integrity of the voting system. We have learned from past recounts about the human and machine errors that need to be corrected to make certain that every vote is accurately tabulated. Stein courageously demands a recount call in this contentious election. Why have the Democrats and Republicans not joined us in this recount effort?

Katie, Park Forest

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