Tax Hike Upcoming
As predicted, the wheeling-and-dealing bought enough votes to head toward passage. This was a committee vote - full Council comes shortly:
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $17.3 billion budget and the tax and fee increases to support it squeaked through a pair of City Council committees on Tuesday, but not before the mayor’s fragile coalition nearly fell apart.
By a 14-12 vote, the Finance Committee approved a revised revenue package that includes a $68.5 million property tax increase and ramped-up taxes on everything from cloud computing, streaming services and parking to downtown congestion and plastic bags. The Budget Committee vote on the spending plan itself was 17-16.
That only happened after top mayoral aides agreed after a lengthy recess to strike more than $80,000 worth of amendments that would have increased the budgets of two members of Johnson’s leadership team — Housing Chair Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th) and Police Committee Chair Chris Taliaferro (29th) — in an apparent attempt to lock down their votes. Both men denied having traded the increases in exchange for their votes.
Lots of nickel-and-diming stuff in there - increased bag tax, water bottle tax, ride sharing tax, parking garage tax, cable/streaming tax. Good thing we shop in the 'burbs and whenever possible, outside of Cook County, too.
Watch for the pols to claim they "saved" taxpayers $230 million by only passing a $68 million screwing of Chicagoans.
Labels: money questions
posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
27 Comments:
Hey 19th ward, your boy Matt O’Shea voted in favor of it. Why you morons continue to vote for him is beyond me. A former Coke head bartender… nice pick 19th ward..
Tax and fee everyone to death. They must think everyone is on a island and have no where to go.
Conehead knew if he asked for the largest increase people would balk, so he probably got the amount he actually wanted by dropping the original amount to make it look like he is giving something up.
And how much waste was cut? Spending? Useless programs?
Stop bitching and start voting with your feet out of city and state. Otherwise just STFU and enjoy the clowns you all allowed to govern you.
We tried to entice people back to the office, no one cares, they like work from home. Every single person is saving at least 500 a month. Boss finally dumped cable, will dump a bunch of stuff. In the process of setting up outside Illinois. Run the bills through there. He'll save 250k a year in just fees and bullcrap.
Recently retired and own no property or shop in Chicago. They get ZERO from me!
The Walmart at Indianapolis in Hammond has free plastic bags, no sales tax on food and 7% on general purchases, that’s where my money goes.
Democrat Mantra: Tax 'til you drop.
Johnson is DONE as Mayor because he is a thieving liar!
Golf. Tango. Foxtrot. Oscar.
Let’s vote these assholes out once and for all
if you are a BILLION in the hole, then cut the FUCKING budget a BILLION. I don't vote for any democrats, but where is common sense?? you can't keep bleeding the taxpayers to death.enough is enough already
I guess this will be a good reason to leave Chicago. you can literally live anywhere in the USA with lower taxes and less idiotic politicians
Why can't the city of Chicago be run like a private business?
In the real world, you'd do cuts to balance your budget. Downsize government positions. Reduce the number of Wards. Layoffs of patronage positions.
This can be done.
Bend over and take it like a man, everyone. Thank you, sir, may I have another?
Maybe we can make ...Midnight Pickleball along side with ....Midnight Basketball.............
Can I get a few million, I have a store front preacher & the crowd...Shall I call the TV stations now.
O’Shea and city not getting revenue? Come on with the speed trap at 105th Western in his ward. And now votes to raise property taxes unbelievable after increase reassessment's.
Most are far too stupid to leave. After all, they voted for Lori, Conehead, Fatass, and Jessie Jr.
Chicago is a national punchline, a never ending trough of mud to sling at Democrats. A perfect example of what/who not to vote for.
Conehead blows $600 mil on illegals then pulls out his fiddle boo hoo whines and cries about Layoffs and cut back after mis spending our tax dollars.
THEN, the Mohawk man talks about freebie handouts to corporations are bad as the a-hole transfers our wealth to freebie handouts to illegals
This is what the fuck you mentally impaired Democrats voted for ! You obviously enjoy a good fucking so now reap what the fuck you morons have sown ! Reap it ! You’re gonna think that you’ve been fucked by a train when these corrupt, motherfucker get through with your sorry asses !
Keesing Bandit will not be happy with this…by the way-Bandit, where ya been??
The grass is always greener on the other side.
Trust me. those of us in Mt Greenwood don't vote for him (except for pig city at 115th and Pulaski). Its the libtards in Beverly and Morgan Pk that support him. Like Stalin used to say they are "Useful Idiots."
Humans are the only species that pay money to live on earth, think about it, we've commodified survival...air, water, shelter all sold back to us by systems that destroy them. What kind of insanity is this?
He went on a white wine spritzer bender!
No fucks given. Chicago voted for this disaster of a mayor.
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