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Jesse Sharkey and Vice President Stacy Davis Gates sloughed off concerns about how a school system that has borrowed to the hilt can afford such a generous contract:
“So to hear this discussion arise about, ‘Oh, my God. It’s gonna cost too much money.’ No. quite frankly, it should be costing a lot more money.”
Pressed on where the money should come from, Davis Gates said, “Rich people. Reinstate the corporate head tax.
“[Lightfoot] has an opportunity to expand the tax base to include those who can pay more. She should do that,” Davis Gates said.
“A corporate head tax. A financial transaction tax. Things that will actually transform the way in which we fund public services in this city."
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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The only transformation going on here is that of Chicago continuing to lose population due to escalating taxes and user fees.
CPS should take Sharkey’s Tesla and his 4 bedroom Rogers Park mansion, for starters
“Rich people. Reinstate the corporate head tax. We are encouraged that the governor has put forth a fair [graduated income] tax to put that on the ballot.”
Lightfoot – one term. Pritzker – one term.
Only to be replaced by more socialist democrats.
There’s a great future ahead, here!
Rich people. It’s a broken record with this woman. And while I can see Lightfoot being a 1 term wonder, this is also the same state that reelected Blago…