A Municipal Income Tax Is a Dead End for Chicago – Chicago Contrarian

"Whatever revenue totals that fiscal experts predict will be collected from any new Chicago taxes, the result will likely be less than what they forecasted. ... People can move out of Chicago. Businesses can relocate. Positions offered could be declined when job seekers learn they'll have to pay a city income tax. Some states have no income tax at all. The city's property taxes are onerous, and Chicagoans endure the second-highest sales tax rate in the nation."
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Wyatt Earp
2 years ago

Go ahead pass the income tax law for Haitago, you will have a stampede on your hands. Empty houses and lots as far as the eye can see. Democrats running around screaming what happened. Brandon twirling
Like a Dervish. El Gordo staying in Lake
Geneva for fear of his health.
Idiots!

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