What Is He Smoking?

C'mon now:

• Mayor Richard M. Daley made a robust pitch for job creation today, proposing that businesses that create and guarantee good-paying jobs with benefits for life be exempt from paying federal taxes.

How about you eliminate the "head tax" locally Mr. Mayor? That's killing jobs inside city limits. And Stroger? We're thinking of pushing for everyone to vote for the Toddler because he's the most beatable candidate in the general elections coming up. And how about that massive tax increase Pat Quinn is running on? Talk about your tone-deaf democrats.

Shortshanks gets one thing right though:

• Daley also urged federal officials to stop bashing Wall Street. "You can rap and beat up the business community on a daily basis in Washington, but they create jobs," he said. "Government does not create jobs."

That's for certain.