Well, certainly all the folks in Chicago would be willing to see their taxes raised, right?
Mayor Brandon Johnson says Chicago finances have reached “point of no return”
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson sounded the alarm Tuesday about Chicago’s finances.
“We have reached a point of no return,” Mayor Johnson said Tuesday. “The systems that people rely upon — education, health care, housing, our transportation — they are woefully underfunded, and everyone knows that. Everyone knows what, you know, my commitment is to progressive revenue. I can’t do this by myself.”
The mayor’s statement came in response to a question about a pension bill signed into law by Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker last week.
The law will increase retirement benefits for police and firefighters, adding more than $11 billion to Chicago’s long-term pension liability.
Johnson said the state needs new progressive revenue options, but he did not name any specific plans.
Taxes. That would be taxes. And fees.
The city of Chicago has a massive $1.1 billion budget gap to fill for 2026. Mayor Johnson promising has promised not to once again pitch a property tax hike — which the City Council unanimously rejected for 2025 — but said last week he’s looking at creative ways to raise tax dollars.
Obviously, this would be the ultra-rich, who will just leave the city, as they have the means, and take their money and businesses with them. But, hey, maybe if the city hadn’t spent more than $400 million since 2022 on illegals they’d be in a better financial position.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Announces Plans To Expand $10M Sustainable Community School Program
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“We said the only way we’re going to truly transform our public school system in Chicago is by serving the entire child. We are never going to make any real progress until we reckon with the fact that the struggles of our students primarily result from the fact that 72% of students are from low income families,” Johnson said during the press conference. “The overwhelming majority of our students are Black and brown, and they come from poor and working class communities. Until we start to bring the community into our schools, in fact, until our schools become community hubs in every single neighborhood, we will not see real transformation. But that’s what we are so excited about today.”
Where’s the money coming from for the schools that consistently underperform? $1.1 billion in the hole.
It’s not as though Chicagoans weren’t told what would happen.
Yeah the economy sucks
Farmers are NOT happy
Soy prices are down by 33%, now under 1000 dollars. They were as high as $1470 under Biden in 2022
Exports ste being rejected from many
Countries for not meeting current health standards
Ill Annoyans need to keep ALL the money they send to the tRump Feds and use it for their citizens.
That will greatly reduce Blue State subsidies for underachieving Red States like Kentucky, Alaska, Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi. Blue New Mexico also is subsidized.
Time to end ALL federal taxation!!! Let each state live by their own means!
The United States of America needs to become the American Union with each Nation State having expanded independence from DC!!
If you can’t abide abortion, but you live in southern Illinois, self-deport to KY or MO!
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You voted for this Chicagoland, now suffer you stupid assholes.