The question raised about the ICC center at 51 Park Place goes further.At the request of Bob Nunz, take a look at money flowing into other projects:Here's Frank Rich in Sunday's NYTimes: "The Billionaires Bankrolling the Tea Party"http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/opinion/29rich.html?_r=1&ref=opinionAnd from Saturday's Times: "Financiers Largess Shows G.O.P.s Wall St. Support" (also a swift boat supporter).http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/28/us/politics/28singer.html?ref=politicsSince money is speech in our polity, they have a right to do what they do with their moola. Of course, if we had a fairer tax system, they'd have less to do it with.

Margaret O’Brien Steinfels is a former editor of Commonweal. 

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