October 2, 2009 9:53PM 

# Obama, Chicago and the Olympics 

By [Tim Lynch](https://www.cato.org/people/tim-lynch) 

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The decision to hold the Olympics in Rio may be bad news for Chicago, but it may be [great news for the country!](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091002/ap_on_an/oly_obama_olympics_analysis)

For more about Mr. Obama’s wrongheaded policies, go [here](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=10158) and [here](https://www.cato.org/pubs/policy_report/v31n4/cpr31n4-2.pdf) (pdf).

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