it cannot afford to pay the promises they made to the public sector. the crushing debt is not new. it's something that mayor rahm emanuel knew about when he took office. he knew not to deal with it in 2014. listen. >> you don't balance the budget by promoting recreational smoking of pot. >> tucker: yeah, you shouldn't get rich off the addictions of your own people. you wouldn't do that to your kids. don't do it to your city. now emanuel has reversed course and decided the best way to balance the budget is to make marijuana legal and open a casino. mark steyn is not an account and the or budget director but a best sell-author a frequent guest here. we're happy to have him tonight. mark, as a philosophical matter, are our leaders supposed to be profiting from our addiction? >> not in a healthy society.