Guess Who's Leaving Chicago?
- Millionaires are leaving Chicago more than any other city in the United States on a net basis, according to a new report.
About 3,000 individuals with net assets of $1 million or more, not including their primary residence, moved from the city last year, with many citing rising racial tensions and worries about crime as factors in the decision, according to research firm New World Wealth. That represented about 2 percent of the city's high net worth individuals.
And where did Chicago fall in the world wide rankings of millionaires leaving? Third:
- Paris saw the largest exodus. The French city lost 7,000, or 6 percent, of its millionaires, followed by Rome, which lost 5,000, or 7 percent. Chicago was next, followed by Athens.
Paris, Rome and Athens - three basket cases of unassimilated muslim populations, transient economic refugees and decades of socialist government that have pretty much doomed Europe to a new Dark Ages in the coming decade...and Chicago right in the midst of them.
So what are Illinois politicians being told? Raise taxes again!
So what are Illinois politicians being told? Raise taxes again!
- A respected urban planning group is calling for a significant hike in the state’s gasoline tax to pay for a much needed transportation program, reports WBBM [...].
You won’t get much argument about the Metropolitan Planning Council’s assertion that Illinois’ roads, bridges and rail lines have fallen into bad shape and MPC senior fellow Jim Reilly, a veteran of state government, told the City Club of Chicago the state needs $43 billion over the next 10 years to make things right.
“If you add thirty cents to the gas tax, that may be a lot but keep in mind it hasn’t been increased since ’91, if you add thirty cents to the gas tax and increase vehicle registration fees across the board, you get the total that we need,” he says.
Reilly admits passing that kind of tax hike is a tall order but he says people have to get over their penchant for wanting everything and not wanting to pay anything for it.
How about people in Springfield get over their penchant for spending money they don't have, paying down the debt they do have, and stop chasing people who actually pay taxes out of Illinois. It's a fucking death spiral....and it's getting tighter.
Labels: money questions
posted by SCC at 12:07 AM
111 Comments:
I'm pretty sure our gasolne tax is already among the highest in the nation. I was hoping to see our gas prices lowered. Cnt we just sell off some parks instead?
The State needs money because Contracts go to connected ones for 2 to 3 times the actual cost.
Sorry OT.....Does anyone know how many Sgts and Lts are putting in their papers in May?
I'm not a millionaire and I'm leaving with the family as soon as possible. This place is going nowhere fast. They have killed this city for the middle class. Staying here is pure stupidity. Enjoy your tax increases for socialism. I'm out.
"...wanting everything and not paying for anything..."???!!!! That sounds a lot like the LINK Card entitlement crowd to me. Start cutting there.
Rahm's friends. He told them to move here and vote for him and donate to his campaign and in return he would take care of them but now they know the game is over and Rahm is buzzard meat. Rahm will be gone in the near future and won't be able to direct any more public funds to his campaign donors so they're skipping out.
"Paris, Rome and Athens - three basket cases of unassimilated muslim populations, transient economic refugees and decades of socialist government that have pretty much doomed Europe to a new Dark Ages in the coming CENTURY"
FIFY
Civilizations do not fall to the Barbarians outside the gate, they fall to the Barbarians INSIDE the gates.
SCC, you should advise the young officers to follow suit, GET OUT! Get Out Now!
Raise taxes and give more money to the politicians so they can misuse the funds again. It's not their money so why not spread it around and when you go broke in a few years just raise taxes again.
What happens when Boeing and the other Fortune 500 Corporations follow suit?
From SCC article:
“If you add thirty cents to the gas tax, that may be a lot but keep in mind it hasn’t been increased since ’91, if you add thirty cents to the gas tax and increase vehicle registration fees across the board, you get the total that we need,” he says.
Hit the middle to low income individuals/families with losing more money out of their pocket for the privilege to drive in Illinois.
This isn't about fixing infra-structure, what happened to all the tax monies taken by Quinn's 5% tax? This is about having money to pay the contractors who donate to political campaigns, it's the payback. If notice Wisconsin has construction on its roads, etc and finishes the projects in no time at all. I guess the weather is better up there.
If they force everyone to hybrids or electric what then? Tax the crap out of everyone's electricity or how about state mandated pay toilets in every house?
I have been saying this for a couple of years.
Taxes are too high. Cut spending.
Instead, they want to RAISE taxes on gas - WHY?
No reason to drive into Chicago. I will be staying out.
Have fun.
How are they all doing it? Our house has been on the market for a year and we can't find a sucker - I mean, buyer, to buy it.
We've already dropped it $400,000 to $5,000,000. There must be someone out there who has $5,000,000.
Great Caesar's Ghost, don't tell me they all left?
Hmmmm....Maybe I'll donate my house to Winnetka like the Vanderbilts did with their house in Newport.
That's one way to walk away and still get a good write-off. Let some Preservation Society keep it up. I wonder how much admission they would charge for the Howell House?
Now where did I park my Rolls?
After reading this...the next Detroit proclamations seem truer than ever.
LOL! Some people never learn. smh.
I really don't know how people make ends meet in this city . The taxes . Fees, fines and insurance rates should keep most people under 25k out of cars unless they live in moms basement .
I'm sure Rahm's piss poor financial stewardship had a lot to do with them leaving .
AND with this Great Brainless Mayor we have , with No Brian's about what to do about anything , Things will get even worse , MORE PEOPLE WILL LEAVE - But he sure knows how to make money for himself , and all of a sudden PULL MILLIONS out of his ASS for only projects he likes and wants ,, Then he tells everyone We DON'T HAVE NO MONEY , The City is still Broke . Clowns and thieves like this are the FIRST ONES that should be in PRISON.
keep pandering to the useless mutts and guess who you'll have left?
wait til prickwinkle is mayor come next election... when that hater only has brown and blacks left, will she be saying ... "welcome to south detroit"
This city is a complete joke! Rahm should have never been elected!
And you all bunch about Rauner. Maybe just maybe if he was able to do what he wanted we'd all have a little more money in our pockets.
This number also include Al Wysinger and McCarthy.
LOL, soon there won't be anywhere to go anyway. You're all deluding yourselves. It's like a string of dominos and you're just moving farther down the line. Soon the whole economy will implode and the middle class will be ancient history.
Will the last taxpayer to leave Chicago please turn out the lights?
Some Illinois suburbanites are amazingly stupid. Chicago's current situation is totally grim and will have a devastating impact on the entire state of Illinois. It's Chicago's economy that provides the most revenue for the state and no other municipalities come close, so it just might behoove you to consider leaving Illinois, because the entire state is sinking idiots............
.......and one of the aldercreatures also wants to increase the gas tax for another "anti violence" program
The roads are horrible, but we all know once the money from a new tax starts rolling in it will promptly be re-allocated for things like covered and heated bike lanes, underwater basket weaving classes for the disadvantaged and so on.
Paris, Rome and Athens - three basket cases of unassimilated muslim populations, transient economic refugees and decades of socialist government that have pretty much doomed Europe to a new Dark Ages in the coming decade...and Chicago right in the midst of them.
King Hussein Obummer will bring this here and house and feed them while they rape and terrorize us. His Kenyan sperm donor must be so proud.
What is amazing us that some people are going to continue to vote for Democrats. Guess they won't be happy until the city looks like Mogadishu and their pensions are gone. Wake up!
Now that Preckwinkle is going to be the State's Attorney (ala Kim Foxx), watch as the the justice system gets dismantled and the entire focus becomes "how can we make the system better for the criminal". That will surely accelerate the decline of Chicago. Lake County, DuPage County, Will County and NW Indiana may see a benefit. Those who can move farther will. The coming years will be devastating for this city. I'd rather watch it on my TV from Florida than with my own eyes.
Detroit comes to mind.
City run whore houses, casinos and opium dens. Why not?
Daley sold off everything that wasn't nailed down. There's nothing left to do but squeeze the middle class for more and more.
Soon, there will be now middle class left.
And watch, they'll all blame Republicans.
Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin wants to raise the gas taxes to create a jobs program for at risk youth. He said it would only raise the average person's gas prices by $28.00 a year. Obama just wanted to put an additional federal tax on each barrel of oil to improve the infrastructure. Why would anybody vote for a Democrat? Your vote gives then your approval to comfiscate your money.
Rahm has no friends---just people like him who love to suck off the public tit.
Theyv raise the gas tax 30 cents a gallon and you will see traffic on the roads to Wisconsin and Indiana at a standstill. People will be flocking to those states to buy their gas. I have been doing that for years now. I gassed up yesterday for 1.99 a gallon in Wisconsin. Then went shopping at Woodmans where there is no tax on food and the selection of product is much better.
AGAIN...Throwing MORE NONEY to these MUTTS?????...WTF....How much can you spend on SHIT without getting ANY RETURN other than " GIMME MORE STUFF "
I say bullshit on this article. My wife just closed on a one million dollar condo for a couple that wants to move in to Chicago from Winnetka. They are empty nesters and love the amenities of living in a huge city with so many options. Everything is within walking distance and Chicago has world class restaurants close to a driving distance. Look at all of the expensive housing going up from 500K condos to 3 million dollar houses.
What a grand idea!!! Someone want to pass that along to the ghettos!?
How about Crook County getting in on the gas tax to create ANOTHER worthless entitlement program!! Yep...an additional 4 cents per gallon to create a "jobs program for troubled youth and adults in the City's neediest neighborhoods". How about this...FUCK YOU!!! No!! Enough is enough!!! Christ almighty how many more shit ass programs that don't work can the democrats fire off before being called out??? We've been throwing money at these fucks for decades! STOP IT!!! Time to do the opposite, strip their freebies and require the ghettos to stand up on their own like everyone else!!! I'm so tired of this shit hole
infrastructure repair = union welfare with campaign donations to their democrat maters
"A respected urban planning group is calling for a significant hike in the state’s gasoline tax to pay for a much needed transportation program..."
The county will be hitting you too, to pay for another bulls__t $50 million "jobs/antiviolence program" -- just like the $55 million Quinn sent spiraling down the drain back in 2012, to no effect as the murder rate continued to rise.
Cook County officials unveil $50 million anti-violence plan
04:15pm, April 4, 2016
"CHICAGO -- Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin, Sheriff Tom Dart and others unveiled what they are calling the "Community Stabilization and Anti-Violence Act" today at Chicago Urban League headquarters on the South Side.
"Under the plan, Cook County would impose a 4-cent per gallon tax on gas that would raise $50 million in revenue to fund programs to help teens find jobs. The tax is estimated to cost the average driver in Cook County about $28 a year."
http://wgntv.com/2016/04/04/cook-county-officials-unveil-50-million-anti-violence-plan/
Do as much good as this did --
Questions surround $55 million program to cut violence in Chicago
Mon., December 3, 2012
"On a chilly afternoon this fall, teenagers across Chicago's South Side were busy at work, earning $8.75 an hour to hand out fliers with a message of non-violence.
"Our message that we're giving out today is about being healthy," said 18-year-old Lucia Eloisa. "One of the key pointers is about taking time to reflect and seek inner peace."
"A four-month CNN investigation found that not only did the Neighborhood Recovery Initiative (NRI) pay teens to hand out fliers promoting inner peace, it also paid these at-risk teens to take field trips to museums, march in a parade with the governor, and even attend a yoga class to learn how to handle stress..."
http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/01/justice/chicago-crime-program-criticized/
Many live in the Gold coast with houses in FLA or AZ. And guess what, with the animals running around Gold Coast, especially over the summer, its not so hard to leave.
Last night Cook County proposed a gas tax hike to fund urban youth education.....
The reference to catering to the mutts is spot on.
The arrogance of these local politicians is simply astounding.
Get out now, before it turns into East Berlin.
Beale is claiming that all this police OT is "paying people to do nothing."
But...you and all the other Fergusonites don't WANT the police to do anything about the full-blown shooting war your constituents are fighting in this city.
Oh --
Tax Hike Vote Considered Key to Ferguson Deal With Justice Department
FERGUSON, Mo. — Apr 5, 2016, 7:23 AM ET
"Implementation of Ferguson's settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice is at stake Tuesday as voters in the St. Louis suburb consider two tax hike proposals.
"Mayor James Knowles III said last week that sales and property taxes must increase if Ferguson is going to pay for changes sought by the Justice Department...
"The City Council last month agreed to a settlement that calls for the hiring of a monitor; diversity training for police; purchase of software and hiring of staff to analyze records on arrests, use of force and other police matters; and outfitting all officers and jail workers with body cameras.
"City leaders say measures associated with the agreement will cost Ferguson $2.3 million over three years, including $1 million in year one.
"That's a lot for a government already facing a $2.9 million deficit due largely to fallout from the shooting, such as sales tax declines [from burned-out businesses and people avoiding the place], skyrocketing legal costs and the loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars in court fines and fees from reforms already in place. [Can't give out traffic tickets -- it's racist.]
"One ballot measure would impose an economic development sales tax, the other a property tax increase that would cost about $76 annually for a home worth $100,000.
"Passage of both still won't get the city to the break-even point, Knowles said. The budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1 calls for across-the-board pay cuts of 3 percent.
"Knowles said if the tax measures fail, the city would likely lay off around a dozen members of the police force, six firefighters, and close one of the two fire stations.
"If police jobs are cut, Knowles said it's hard to imagine that the city could implement the type of community policing required by the Justice Department settlement. Money to pay for things such as software and hiring of police record analysts would also be hard to come by..."
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/tax-hike-vote-considered-key-ferguson-deal-justice-38154837
Higher taxes, fewer boots on the street stopping crime and fighting fires, and more asses in swivel chairs crunching numbers. (One "federal monitor) costs about $350,000 per year.)
Perfect.
Be careful what you ask for -- you just might get it.
"If they force everyone to hybrids or electric what then? Tax the crap out of everyone's electricity..."
4/05/2016 01:40:00 AM
If you only use $10 - $12 worth of actual electricity a month, you get a bill for $30 - $40 as it is. All the rest is taxes and "fees" and "programs" and "delivery charges."
"I really don't know how people make ends meet in this city."
4/05/2016 03:08:00 AM
The trick is sheer force of numbers. Best way is to import as many relations as you can, take in boarders on mattresses in the basement, and hive up in a single-family house with fifteen different names on scraps of paper taped to the mailbox. Pool all the various "benefits." Just one child in there "eligible for a school lunch program" gets everyone cheap/free computers and broadband access. Cars parked in front yard, in back yard, muffler shop howling away with air tools in the garage, a table selling food out front, and a mountain of garbage out back.
...and when the Census worker comes around, all those names are removed, the place is dark, and no one answers the door.
"The taxes. Fees, fines and insurance rates should keep most people under 25k out of cars..."
All the BS statistics and "cost of living" are predicated on the fading American "nuclear family;" Mom, Dad, two kids. Start calculating this stuff for a single elderly person and you'll REALLY see the bite this disaster is taking.
"That sounds a lot like the LINK Card entitlement crowd to me. Start cutting there."
4/05/2016 12:55:00 AM
A single elderly person might get $130.00/month in food assistance.
Aim that gun a little higher, huh? Get rid of ONE unnecessary $100,000/year state bureaucrat and you'll have enough money to help feed 769 NEEDY PEOPLE.
the millionaire's are just catching up with the middle class. How many middle class families have moved out of the city and/or state. I have. I know at least a dozen friends who also have left. What really amazes me is all the people who keep on voting for the same old democratic politicians. UNBELIEVEABLE
The mink and sable and chinchillas are fleeing the sinking ship.
The poor are stuck here, with the rats to keep them company.
Everyone that can is leaving again anti-police article scum times paper the "black women's expo" in Chicago (if it was white woman's expo would that be racist?) they are honoring Sandra bland the girl that killed herself in Texas jail "she was among a number of deaths in police custody" wow! And you want fetalness to be gone how about comatose?
When the can is no longer "kickable," IL's professional criminal class (the politicians) will try to force huge tax increases onto taxpayers' backs.
The big one will be property taxes. I already pay 3.6% of market value, year in and year out, on a modest house. By massively raising taxes, home prices will be driven lower.
Wait for it. The death-spiral of rising taxes & declining market values is either already in place or about to begin. Then the entire state of Illinois will become One Big Detroit.
This is what happens when the parasites fed by taxes outnumber those who pay them.
How about TIF funds not be given to private enterprise aka Rahm's doners Buena Beef didn't need a beef stand at 107th and Western unless they got free public money. Where were they going to put the stand out in Crete where there are no people? They would have put it in Chivago anyway. How many other private businesses got our tax dollars that should have gone to public projects.
Than there is Wyoming. Balanced budget, fully funded State Pension Plan, $1.75 cent a gallon gasoline, roads in great shape, No state income tax. 1.8 billion invested in our rainy day account. Constitutional carry, no gang violence. We have retired Policemen that have come to Wyoming who have taken up a positions as a town constable in one of our small communities. I have talked with a number of them and they tell me that compared with what they had to put up with where they came from it is like "The Andy Griffith Show".
Yo, hey, things are looking up. Ford is going to build a new plant -- first in years -- that will create 2800 jobs.
It's in Mexico.
Nabisco is shutting down here and moving to Mexico.
Carrier air conditioning is moving its plant from Indianapolis to Mexico.
No production. No creation of wealth.
So where is the money going to come from for us all to sit at a "marina" with drones bringing us cocktails?
Im done. I told my family, GET TO DA CHOPPA!!!
I'm not a millionaire and I'm leaving with the family as soon as possible. This place is going nowhere fast. They have killed this city for the middle class. Staying here is pure stupidity. Enjoy your tax increases for socialism. I'm out.
4/05/2016 12:53:00 AM
Same here. We're not millionaires either, but where does one move?
Taxes are bad enough, but crime is everywhere.
Where on God's Green Earth, is safe.
By safe, I mean, a place without HS and blm jerks.
Earth doesn't look very promising. What the hell is left?
Wasn't there also some news lately about Illinois leading the country in population loss? Do you think the dolts that run the city, county and state will get the message? Pretty soon there won't be enough tax revenue to reward the cronies! Then what? HONEST WORK?
Fuggedaboutit.
A retired coper showed me a two page list of subsidized housing in 16.
The county is seeding that area with drug dealers and child molesters.
"people have to get over their penchant for wanting everything and not wanting to pay anything for it"
I heard this and I almost barfed. Not paying ANYTHING for it? I pay for it when I earn my money, when I spend my money, and when I get bills for things that couldn't be collected during the earning or spending process. I pay for it every which way, and I'm sick of it. Stop building new parks, and stadiums, and highways that no one ever asked for. Stop giving it away to people who are too lazy to work for it themselves, while taking it away from people who have already earned it. And stop telling me that I need to "get over my penchant for wanting", when all you've ever done as an elected politician is TAKEN what other people have EARNED and lined your's and your cronies' pockets with it. I'm over my "penchant for wanting everything", and I have a new penchant, for wanting what's MINE.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
SCC, you should advise the young officers to follow suit, GET OUT! Get Out Now!
4/05/2016 01:05:00 AM
Just who do you think is paying into the pension? You know, the pension contributions that the city has to match? Surprise; it's the young officers. We need a LOT more of them.
BTW we dont want no drug dealing in any part of Norwood Park
"Maybe I'll donate my house to Winnetka like the Vanderbilts did with their house in Newport. That's one way to walk away and still get a good write-off. Let some Preservation Society keep it up."
4/05/2016 02:09:00 AM
The Breakers? Holy God. Ever seen an aerial shot of the whole thing and the grounds? Spectacular.
Original builder: Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt II
Architect: Richard Morris Hunt
Construction dates: 1893-1895
Materials: Brick faced with Indiana limestone
Hunt was one of the most distinguished architects of the time, a giant. One writer described him as "fierce -- a frown in a suit." Worked on the Columbian Exposition here, everything. We shall seldom see men like him again.
"Even in a city filled with over-the-top mansions, The Breakers was like no other. Cornelius Vanderbilt II, president and chairman of the New York Central Railroad, spared no expense when he built it. It has wall panels made of platinum."
http://www.newportmansions.org/learn/architecture/aspects-of-architecture-design/the-breakers
Big battle going on between the VBs and that preservation society...
http://nypost.com/2015/06/22/vanderbilts-feud-with-preservation-group-over-breakers-mansion/
I can't wait to retire and leave this shit hole city!
FUCK Chicago and its high taxes, cost of living and shitty weather!
Arizona and or Nevada bound baby! Anywhere but Illinois!
DA Pelon
"Civilizations do not fall to the Barbarians outside the gate, they fall to the Barbarians INSIDE the gates..."
4/05/2016 01:03:00 AM
...who work as hard as they can to open those gates to let real barbarians in.
Germany's Angela Merkel is one good example. Rahm "Sanctuary City/Welcoming City" Emanuel is another.
Keep always in mind that the Statue Of Liberty was a gift from France to celebrate America's great democracy. That plaque about "huddled masses of the teeming shore" was a later add-on, a Post-It note written by a radical in support of the huge wave of her fellows, the vast Eastern European immigration going on at the time.
The modern-day equivalent can be seen here, as Austria now deploys troops to the Brenner Pass to stop the enormous influx that's on the march from Italy. Painted by black-hooded crazies with rollers and bucket. The orange life jackets that were worn by the invaders when at sea were placed there to induce guilt and soften the hearts of those whose society is being destroyed.
http://tinyurl.com/hhgh8jv
"How about people in Springfield get over their penchant for spending money they don't have?" -- SCC
Garda, the armored car guys, have stopped doing business with the state, which refuses to pay its bills. Now there is a lot of whining about "excessive OT" for Secretary Of State Police, who have to transport the cash take from the DMV offices to the bank themselves. "Not equipped for that job, inadequate security," etc.
Descending spiral...
"Tax the rich! Make rich people pay for things other people consume! Tax the...hey, where ya going?"
Time to buy a gas station in Bensenville, or Hammond.
Anonymous BIG Spender said...
I have been saying this for a couple of years.
Taxes are too high. Cut spending.
Instead, they want to RAISE taxes on gas - WHY?
No reason to drive into Chicago. I will be staying out.
Have fun.
4/05/2016 01:52:00 AM
Just retired have to stay in state any recommendations where to move? How is Naperville?
OH NOES!
The "Millionaires" are leaving!
Nice media spin on this...
Just keep ignoring ALL the upright
productive people who are saying
"Fukdis," getting some hat and
putting Chicago in their rear-view
mirrors.
The only ones left will be the shit-birds, aldergoofs,
well off progtards and those held captive as a condition
of employment.
Perhaps residency as a condition of employment
needs to be approached as a civil rights issue for
the peed-on peon class.
>Evil side-eye toward the corporate sponsored
municipal governance lick-hitters who have none
of the cares and concerns of the churlish prols
who exist only as a source of extracted revenue
to pay the way for the non-contributors<
again.. we don't stick together so this is what we get.
Lots of Poleece jobs in SW Florida. You won't get rich but no state income tax and sales rax 5.5 percent. Electricity is dirt cheap as well. Food seems a little pricey and but you can't have everything.
I guess I fall within those limits, so where can I sign up for the study? I'm looking for a new place to live, too (while maintaining a local address so I can vote here and still have some input into who's controlling my pension).
First, I thought 'suburbs', then I thought 'no, get out of Cook County'. Then, I came to my senses and figured if I'm going to uproot my entire life, I'm going to find myself a much better one. Time to get out of Illinois. I'm planning my escape now.
All those carping and whining about how bad things are in Chicago-Cook-Illinois:
Remember, whatever your situation, you are doing exactly what YOU want to do about it. Apparently you made a decision to put up with it because you decided that was the lesser of a variety of evils. You didn't move out of Chicago because.... You didn't move out of Cook because.... You didn't leave Illinois because.... And now you're entertaining the rest of us with your continual pissing and moaning about how bad you've got it.
You've got free choice. But you don't like living with the consequences of your choice. Well, boo-fucking-hoo.
More and more like Detroit.
What is wrong with these politicians? We have to "get over" wanting something for nothing? Someone needs to give this guy a reality check. It's not unreasonable for Illinois taxpayers to want SOMETHING for the ludicrously high taxes we pay!
Not enough money for street repairs? Why not look into why that is instead of raising our already high gas prices? Oh wait, that would make sense. And if we know anything, it's that common sense is not Illinois lawmakers' superpower.
Its been going on for a while. Look at millionaire presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. She left for New York to be U.S. Senator and she took with the millions she acquired from her public service to another high tax state. She got out because she had insight to the higher taxation which she foresaw her party of the middle class doing.
Clinton ultimately found the ultimate tax loophole, a non-profit foundation in which she can control lots of tax free money. The Clinton Foundation funded by the whose who are in the uber 1% percent. She has criticized the rich for not paying their fair share of taxes so that makes her a backwards Arkansas redneck hypocrite.
Les Robbins said...If they force everyone to hybrids or electric what then? Tax the crap out of everyone's electricity or how about state mandated pay toilets in every house?
I encourage the pay toilets. I for one will take up public urination and defecation as a hobby. When I am near any government building or politician's house I will consider flinging my shit like an animal in their general direction. If this happens, forget about the Boston Tea Party, there will be the Chicago Shit Party. (Separate from the already existing democratic party)
“If you add thirty cents to the gas tax, that may be a lot but keep in mind it hasn’t been increased since ’91, if you add thirty cents to the gas tax
How much tax is there now? Just heading home from AZ and gas in Missouri is $1.79. Southern IL $1.97. Does MO have different suppliers? (snicker)
They want to raise gasoline taxes because they are trying to force us to start using bicycles. Look at the miles and miles of bike lanes they have created that nobody but goofy Bernie Sanders types and hipsters use. If we ain't driving it's easier to control us. Take our weapons away, and it's off to the camps for extermination. Oh, they have great plans for us. I'm gonna take my tinfoil hat off now.
They should have stayed especially if this passes.
"It makes Chicago a more world-class city where people can come do it. It happens in other cities all the time," Mitts said
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-strip-club-alcohol-met-20160405-story.html
In 15 months me, my family, and my pension are gone from Illinois.
House already purchased in a great southern state, just need to sell my current residence.
Cars already registered there along with other assets.
130 years our family will be gone forever.
(OT) Sitting here just turned on 7 news, and lead coming up "watch this video off-duty Chicago cop fighting for his job over shooting!" The hits keep coming Feat featl featl get it through your skulls full of mush!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
I say bullshit on this article. My wife just closed on a one million dollar condo for a couple that wants to move in to Chicago from Winnetka. They are empty nesters and love the amenities of living in a huge city with so many options. Everything is within walking distance and Chicago has world class restaurants close to a driving distance. Look at all of the expensive housing going up from 500K condos to 3 million dollar houses.
4/05/2016 07:38:00 AM
Couldn't agree more. Take a look at all the new high rises going up on the near north and downtown. Most are condos but plenty of rental units. Tribune has has articles Sunday and Monday about empty nesters moving from the north shore to the near north. Try to find parking or to get into a good restaurant. They are booked solid and bars are packed
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Sorry OT.....Does anyone know how many Sgts and Lts are putting in their papers in May?
4/05/2016 12:40:00 AM
Sure, hang on. I have it here right on my end table.
You forgot to add the additional gas tax that the County wants to add. That would increase by .45. This rate I am going to a Rickshaw.
"How is Naperville?"
Wha.....?
The whole entire state to choose from and Naperville is the best you can come up with?
Believe it or not, there's a lot more to Illinois than the northeast corner. Places where it's possible to leave the keys in the car and the house unlocked. And by some miracle, people actually live "out there."
Just retired have to stay in state any recommendations where to move? How is Naperville?
4/05/2016 01:08:00 PM
Pricey, congested and lots of fbi agent neighbors.
Whatever you choose to do, make sure you're over the line and outside of Cook county.
Millionaire Lives Matter!
The rats are abandoning ship!
Anonymous said...
They want to raise gasoline taxes because they are trying to force us to start using bicycles. Look at the miles and miles of bike lanes they have created that nobody but goofy Bernie Sanders types and hipsters use. If we ain't driving it's easier to control us. Take our weapons away, and it's off to the camps for extermination. Oh, they have great plans for us. I'm gonna take my tinfoil hat off now.
4/05/2016 04:18:00 PM
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there is a section of the city I remember they sprayed the bicycle lane paint on the ground cause the road was tore up. at 1 million dollars a mile, you gotta make sure you are getting yours.
Anonymous said...
Its been going on for a while. Look at millionaire presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. She left for New York to be U.S. Senator and she took with the millions she acquired from her public service to another high tax state. She got out because she had insight to the higher taxation which she foresaw her party of the middle class doing.
Clinton ultimately found the ultimate tax loophole, a non-profit foundation in which she can control lots of tax free money. The Clinton Foundation funded by the whose who are in the uber 1% percent. She has criticized the rich for not paying their fair share of taxes so that makes her a backwards Arkansas redneck hypocrite.
4/05/2016 03:47:00 PM
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she is not a southerner, I went to Arkansas and met a few people there, they said she was a total piece of shit who just used William Clinton as a just starter for her career. she wont even win Arkansas in the election
Anonymous said...
Just retired have to stay in state any recommendations where to move? How is Naperville?
4/05/2016 01:08:00 PM
South of Springfield....
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Theyv raise the gas tax 30 cents a gallon and you will see traffic on the roads to Wisconsin and Indiana at a standstill. People will be flocking to those states to buy their gas. I have been doing that for years now. I gassed up yesterday for 1.99 a gallon in Wisconsin. Then went shopping at Woodmans where there is no tax on food and the selection of product is much better.
4/05/2016 07:19:00 AM
Drive to Wisconsin to save .25 a gallon and shop at Woodman's for the great selection not available in Chicago? Why didn't I think of that!
Blogger Transmaster said...
Than there is Wyoming. Balanced budget, fully funded State Pension Plan, $1.75 cent a gallon gasoline, roads in great shape, No state income tax. 1.8 billion invested in our rainy day account. Constitutional carry, no gang violence. We have retired Policemen that have come to Wyoming who have taken up a positions as a town constable in one of our small communities. I have talked with a number of them and they tell me that compared with what they had to put up with where they came from it is like "The Andy Griffith Show".
4/05/2016 10:26:00 AM
There is nothing, nothing in Wyoming. You have to drive to fucking Colorado to go to a shopping mall.
This had to do with the Muslim Migration. Look at Europe it's a mess now! This is what Obama wants here, and that's what he really meant about "Formally transform America."
me
Les Robbins said...If they force everyone to hybrids or electric what then? Tax the crap out of everyone's electricity or how about state mandated pay toilets in every house?
I encourage the pay toilets. I for one will take up public urination and defecation as a hobby. When I am near any government building or politician's house I will consider flinging my shit like an animal in their general direction. If this happens, forget about the Boston Tea Party, there will be the Chicago Shit Party. (Separate from the already existing democratic party)
4/05/2016 03:48:00 PM
ROTFLMFAO!!! Spit my drink all over the keyboard! Hilarious shit. And I will be right there with you flinging my shit at the fuckwads too! Great idea.
Anonymous said...
Some Illinois suburbanites are amazingly stupid. Chicago's current situation is totally grim and will have a devastating impact on the entire state of Illinois. It's Chicago's economy that provides the most revenue for the state and no other municipalities come close, so it just might behoove you to consider leaving Illinois, because the entire state is sinking idiots............
4/05/2016 06:04:00 AM
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HEY- we AIN'T stupid. We just can't vote out the IDIOTS you keep voting in. You have to take the first step- vote the incumbents OUT.
Or, don't you even vote?
Let the suburbanites vote for who runs Chicago and the problem will get solved.
I say bullshit on this article. My wife just closed on a one million dollar condo for a couple that wants to move in to Chicago from Winnetka. They are empty nesters and love the amenities of living in a huge city with so many options. Everything is within walking distance and Chicago has world class restaurants close to a driving distance. Look at all of the expensive housing going up from 500K condos to 3 million dollar houses.
4/05/2016 07:38:00 AM
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Hey Genius -
One Condo sale does NOT make the whole market. Better look at all those who are trying to sell condos that aren't getting buyers. (or selling condos at a deep loss)
There was just a thread here on SCC about subsidized housing and how some of the "Million dollar condos" are being used for Section 8 housing - where the owner gets $3,000 a month from CHA and the "tenant" pays their fair share of $200 a month.(a study in the Sun Times)
Gimme a break! I would NOT want to be holding any Million dollar condo in Chicago. (unless I could get that CHA Section 8 money)
I say bullshit on this article. My wife just closed on a one million dollar condo for a couple that wants to move in to Chicago from Winnetka. They are empty nesters and love the amenities of living in a huge city with so many options. Everything is within walking distance and Chicago has world class restaurants close to a driving distance. Look at all of the expensive housing going up from 500K condos to 3 million dollar houses.
4/05/2016 07:38:00 AM
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Well Lovey and I won't be buying in Chicago.
Stick me once with a bad price on my house, you aren't going to stick a Howell with an overpriced condo. Those monthly assessments for ALL those downtown condos are outrageous.
Plus, there are "some amenities" we would rather do without. I don't want to have to walk through protesters or CTU strikes or be stuck on Lake Shore Drive while some hooligans stand in the middle of the street.
If I want that, we can vacation to some third-world country and stay at the dictator's palace. At least in those countries, they know how to disperse a crowd real fast.
Get out now, before it turns into East Berlin.
4/05/2016 08:53:00 AM
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If it turned into East Berlin, 99% of the crime would stop.
East Berliner police are not fetal. East Berliner police are fatal. You do a crime, you are shot. Ve are very efficient.
Vere are your papers?!?
Anonymous said...
Just retired have to stay in state any recommendations where to move? How is Naperville?
4/05/2016 01:08:00 PM
Naperville is pretentious. I'm heading out to either Morris, Manteno or Minooka, if I decide to stay in state. Taxes are much lower in Kankakee and Grundy County.
Road trip coming up, may change mind.
Hip hip hooray! We have finally become the "international city" Dickie Daley was touting us to be all those years ago.
Transmaster said...
Than there is Wyoming. Balanced budget, fully funded State Pension Plan, $1.75 cent a gallon gasoline, roads in great shape, No state income tax. 1.8 billion invested in our rainy day account. Constitutional carry, no gang violence. We have retired Policemen that have come to Wyoming who have taken up a positions as a town constable in one of our small communities. I have talked with a number of them and they tell me that compared with what they had to put up with where they came from it is like "The Andy Griffith Show".
But you'd wake up every morning in Wyoming.
No thanks.
If I wanted to live in some tumbleweed outpost, I'd just as soon do West Texas.
Wyoming...
It's not just the millionaires leaving Chicago. Smart retired coppers, and anyone with half a brain can see the writing on the wall. I encourage everyone to leave- and fast. There is no longer any reason to stay in Chicago or in Illinois for that matter.
Lee County is nice...
There IS a whole other Illinois once you get @
100 miles from Shitcago.
Know one guy who retired about 10 years ago.
He purchased pieces and parcels in Arkansas
over the years and cleared/improved it and built
a sturdy little brick cottage.
He's a winner...
He has a spring-fed creek and a little lake
on his land and the water is virtually drinkable
at the source.
Happy for the guy.
If only we all could leave the bastardry,
assholery and rampant fuckery of this city behind and find a place where
we can sit out and have a coffee with family
and upright, like-minded neighbors.
No worries about a little goblin like Fran Spielman
trying to rile the citizenry up about, "Those Cops are Making
Too Much Money!" and other Rahm Emanuel sourced hit pieces.
Anonymous said...
"But you'd wake up every morning in Wyoming.
No thanks.
If I wanted to live in some tumbleweed outpost, I'd just as soon do West
Texas.
Wyoming..."
4/06/2016 12:11:00 PM
To each, his own...
After 20 to 40 years on this job,
sometimes a place like Wyoming
is just what the doctor ordered to
help purge the mental and emotional
crapware that ends up overwritten on
a Chicago Copper's "hard drive."
Which is why so many opt to flee
urban living.
Funny...
Sparkle-Farts wants to withhold federal
funding from communities that don't have
the statistically significant ration of a
"catered-to constituency."
Spreading The Misery
=
Equality?
Man... The wheels are always turning
for these Chicago Progressives.
Lived and born in this once great city for 66 years. You folks are right. I am going to put the house up for sale in Garfield Ridge. Shit, Ky looks good and the people there don't play with the mutts.
Very sad to leave but fuck it. I will find some goat to buy my crib for 300 K.
Pension? In 10 years it wont be worth the paper its printed on. stay around and get "culturally enriched"? get out while the getting is good and get a pension in a place that will still pay it when you're ready to retire.
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