Failing cities like Chicago should heed Ken Griffin’s warning: No tax base, no money 

Every once in a while, a voice of reason cuts through the nonsense. Ken Griffin, the CEO of Citadel, is one of those voices.

While speaking at the Citadel Securities Future of Global Markets conference in New York City last week, Griffin explained why rising crime and high taxes in Chicago were the deciding factors in his decision to relocate his company headquarters to Miami.

For those fueled by partisan loyalties and ideological narratives who operate in the political arena, “reality” is often something to be avoided at all costs, or at least shaded. In the corporate arena, those who avoid reality regularly go out of business.

In far too many ways, America's crime-ridden inner cities have been abandoned by both political parties. But guess what? Those inner cities are not empty. Human