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Rahm Emanuel proposes record-breaking set of tax hikes to save city
2015-09-05
[Kanuk Free Press] As Chicago continues its long, slow, march toward becoming the new Detroit, there are a few things you can count on. Crime will go up, services will suffer, and progressives will demand more tribute from their subjects. They'll argue that increased taxation will save the city, they'll hike rates, and then they'll learnthat their refusal to solve underlying budgetary issues will only speed the implosion.

This has been the standard playbook employed by virtually every destitute left-wing dystopia in the United States and, lo-and-behold, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is doing everything in his power to make sure his city follows suit.

He's proposing a slew of new taxes, including a massive $500 million property tax increase - a modern-era record - which will fund "most" of next year's city budget gap. As CBS Chicago reports, residents are less than thrilled.
Posted by:Besoeker

#9  That ought to work to turn things around. Yep.
Posted by: Ebbart Glererong5900   2015-09-05 14:22  

#8  Until the average citizen learns that voting for a Democrat means higher taxes, higher crime, and lower services, this type of therapy is needed.

So true. One might even think that most of the crime is being done by the Donks--inside and outside of government.
Posted by: JohnQC   2015-09-05 14:03  

#7  Fuck em, they re-elected that shit head.

Until the average citizen learns that voting for a Democrat means higher taxes, higher crime, and lower services, this type of therapy is needed.

Here in California, the citizenry has been 1984ed into believing anything. Of course, the MSM and television here NEVER reports anything about what is going on with the state government. Heck, we never learn about a new tax until it has been approved and they start collecting it.
Posted by: Bill Clinton   2015-09-05 11:49  

#6  Because that is exactly what is needed to attract new business and convince people to stay.

Take more of their money.

The only thing the left knows how to do is to steal what belongs to someone else.
Posted by: DarthVader   2015-09-05 11:26  

#5  Chicago: The New Greece
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562   2015-09-05 10:23  

#4  Maybe Emanuel should consider resigning and tossing out the rest of the political elite before leaving.
Posted by: JohnQC   2015-09-05 10:13  

#3  The tipping point will be Boeing moving its corporate headquarters again, not back to Seattle, but to Charlotte, NC.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2015-09-05 08:19  

#2  Unionization will save the city. Ask someone how you can join today.
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-09-05 07:07  

#1  Run the last remnant of productive citizenry out?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-09-05 07:02  

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