Commentary: Why progressives keep losing the battle to tax the rich – Chicago Tribune*

"Chicago doesn’t need more slush funds. We need plans voters can have confidence in — and we need to protect ourselves from predictable political attacks."
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Wyatt Earp
2 years ago

The answer is always the same as New York
And California are now learning.
Go ahead and tax them to the max, then they start to leave for red states. Your budgets go
To hell oh no what now, raise taxes on the
Poor bastards like you always do.
Back to square one.

mqyl
2 years ago
Reply to  Wyatt Earp

Now, that’s a wonderfully simple but telling flowchart waiting to be created! (hint to someone with flowchart software at their fingertips)

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