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Praise for Mayor 1%
“This book provides deep insight into the political career of Rahm Emanuel. Painstakingly researched, Mayor 1% provides the reader with the ability to understand the hard-line neoliberal mindset that blinds the man to the harsh realities of entrenched poverty and disenfranchisement. The relentless attacks on Chicago’s working class, from the janitors at O’Hare to the librarians, mental health workers, and members of the Chicago Teachers Union have shown the true nature of a man who will have plenty of money from the billionaires to run his re-election campaign, but none of the love of the people who will not pull the lever for him. Kari Lydersen ends on a hopeful note: that Mayor 1%’s brutal reign can actually lead to a better Chicago as people get up, stand up and fight the ‘power.’”
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In 1994 Clinton had proposed a bill that would have required welfare recipients to go to work but provided significant funding for job training and job creation and maintained safeguards if they couldn’t find work. That bill was expensive; the cost, among other political considerations, killed the measure.58
As the 1996 presidential election approached, Clinton was under increasing pressure to keep his promise and pass some kind of welfare reform. In typical fashion Emanuel was central to making this happen, brokering compromises and pressuring not only Republicans but, perhaps more important, Democrats who objected to deep cuts.
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