It shouldn’t have taken a PhD in economics to notice this – Wirepoints Quickpoint
May 17, 2024
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What a representation of Chicago’s plight.
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From housing and education to climate and violence prevention, the People's Unity Platform called for Mayor Brandon Johnson's office to take action on a number of its suggestions in the proposal titled "First We Get The Money." The group said Johnson should "reinstitute the big business head tax to make large corporations pay what they owe for benefiting from the city’s public infrastructure" and also raise the jet fuel tax to "force airlines to pay what they owe for using our public infrastructure and profiting from creating pollution in our city." SIGN UP HERE FOR FREE WIREPOINTS DAILY NEWSLETTER
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Twelve Illinois Congressmen vote against bill to give federal custody to non-citizen defendants charged or convicted with assaulting cops – Wirepoints Quickpoint
May 17, 2024
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The bill passed despite their votes in response to certain incidents where local prosecutors are thought to have been too lenient with non-citizens assaulting cops.
The Chicago Teachers Union Plays Hooky – Wirepoints in the Wall Street Journal*
May 17, 2024
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The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board cited Wirepoints’ analysis of Chicago student proficiency data in their latest piece condemning the Chicago Teachers Union’s outrageous contract demands…all while a vast majority of Chicago’s children graduate unable to read at grade level.
Gov. Pritzker is using the threat of budget cuts to get more tax hikes passed – Wirepoints joins Tom Miller of WJPF Carbondale
May 17, 2024
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Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about the details of Gov. Pritzker’s proposed $52 billion budget, why the state is struggling now that federal covid dollars have run out, the controversy surrounding Tier 2 government pensions, why Illinois’ expensive education system fails to teach children to read, the outrageous demands of the Chicago Teachers Union, and more.
Public education staffing has ballooned over the years…yet kids still can’t read – Wirepoints on with Jeff Daly of WZUS Decatur Radio
May 17, 2024
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Ted joined Jeff Daly to discuss how politicians can never spend enough on education despite there being no accountability for that spending, the growth of education staffing across Illinois, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $1 billion demand for Chicago schools, why Gov. Pritzker is providing $830 million in taxpayer subsidies to struggling EV carmaker Rivian, and more.
We are simply viewing Lori’s big plan, she was furious when Rahm handed her a train wreck and laughed up his sleeve at their last meeting ! Lori was furious and vowed to screw the next chump worse and it falls on Brandon. He’s got a husk that’s picked clean and everybody has their hand out. He should immediately start a punative head tax.
Please let me summarize Brandons plan. It can be shortened to'”GIMME 12 billion dollars to completely destroy Chicago in 4 years.”
I love the title of this proposal: First We Get the Money. It’s entitlement on steroids!
will the last person to leave Chicago please turn the light out?
With a city income tax, property taxes on homeowners could be significantly lowered – will this happen? I doubt it. I look forward to the Karen’s in the suburbs having to pay more though.
I hope you are correct because those liberal white housewives’ families should be hit with the taxes they voted for
WP Readers, a city income tax is a real possibility and will hearld the end of Chicago as we knew it.
In my former life I had to pay 1/2% to the Cities of Detroit and later to Pontiac, Michigan. Actual residents paid 1%. It can happen and don’t expect any additional services for that 1/2%.
Suburbanites will revolt at paying 3% income tax to the city. Although not likely, I think this might be the one issue, one time, that turns some suburbs red again. The progressive tax was really unpopular in the suburbs but very popular in the city. True, the city tax might not apply to very many suburbanites, only those making over $100,000, but people aren’t going to pay attention to the details when they hear “city tax on suburbanites”.
It will apply to everyone where I work. Our CEO already moved to Indiana, if they do this I would expect our company to move as well because it will impact the c-suite significantly.
In Detroit there was no minimum income threshold. If your employer was located there you paid this “extra” tax.
And it’s 1.20% for non residents now and 2.4% for residents .
BJ The Race Clown: Gimme Dat 12 Billion!
BLM Congresswoman Cori Bush: HOLD MY BEER!:
Democrats Want $14 Trillion From You For Slavery Reparations – Fox News
How about taxing peoples dogs for pissing and defecating on Chicago trees and parks!!
So instead of 30 seconds for the police to get there when ShotSpotter goes off, just wait a few days for a social worker in a Prius to roll up to the scene and mediate the conflict. Great. That is a chimptastic idea. Let’s go, Brandon.
The social worker may respond via a Zoom call. After all the streets are way too dangerous to travel.
Is that Randi Weingarten behind the mayor? Of course it is. She’s there to push more of her failed policies for CPS.
Come on economic depression for Chicago. Time to relieve the 1930s.
Well, the nuts are running loose in the city again, except this time they have one of their own on the Fifth Floor. Defund the police again? Bring back the head tax that failed already? Kill the airlines at ORD? Only took a couple of days after inauguration to see what is coming to the City.
I guess the conservative commenters who wanted BJ elected instead of Vallas so Chicago would decay more quickly than when Lightfoot was in office were right after all.