"The Point of No Return"
Golly, who knew that spending a quarter-billion dollars on ILLEGAL aliens might come back to bite Chicago in the ass?
But don't worry - increasing taxes will pay for everything!
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 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.
The menu on that table appears to target Chicago's ultra-rich. Johnson said he is looking for ways to extract more tax dollars from the 127,000 millionaires who now call Chicago home, as well as the 25 billionaires residing inside the city limits.
The trouble with "extracting more tax dollars" from millionaires and billionaires though, is that they can simply adjust their residency to one of their other properties in a lower taxes state. they didn't get to be rich by giving the government extra money.
Has anyone looked at....oh, we don't know....cutting spending?
- closing under-utilized schools?
- getting rid of "assistant these" or "deputy those" who get inflated salaries via politically connected jobs?
- eliminate half of the exempt staff, all of the "deputy mayors," the so-called "gold braid" pensions that drain the fund via political appointments, not promotional exams?
- stop spending money on ILLEGAL aliens?
They never seem to look at the obvious savings.
Labels: money questions
posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
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“You can tax the rich to pay for current spending. You can even tax them very heavily. But when the rich look forward for decades and see nothing but increasing taxes, debts, and government control of their businesses and assets – they will leave.”
– Porter Stansberry
These communists running blue cities and states are trying to collapse the system using the Cloward-Piven strategy which calls for overloading all government systems until they collapse. Then they move in and implement socialism. Is this what Rahm meant when he said “don’t let a crisis go to waste” even if they created the crisis in the first place?
Import illegals, export taxpayers. Idiocracy Deux -this time it's real..
Last one left please turn off the lights.
Cut the amount of alderman to 15-20 MAX
Democrat liberal voters lmao. They are so brain dead. And they have the nerve to call conservatives stupid. Because we dislike big government
What don’t you seem to understand about the term ‘Sanctuary City’, SCC?
ChiCongo taxpayers must pay the freight to ensure all those ILLEGAL parasites will one day pull the “D” lever in the voting booth with instructions “en Español”.
Anything else would be just raggedy. And we don’t do “raggedy”, y’all.
WOW just think of all the sales tax the city is missing out on when you allow these illegals to set up restaurants for blocks down 43rd street. 2 legitimate restaurants ended closing down( you know the ones that pay like 18 different taxes)because that asshole alderman Julia M. Ramirez looks the other way. And then there's is the flee market on 43rd and Ashland selling everything these illegals have stolen over the last week. Boy just think if ICE showed up there one Sunday morning .. BOY How BJ would lose his mind all those illegals that signed Chuy's petitions for all these Crook county politicians what would they do for 2026 elections? These f-n dummycrats want to destroy this city, and state giving everything away to these assholes for free just so they can stay in power.
take a lesson from the gub, adjust your residency, remove all toilets
Retired in Texas……
A smart business person would cut spending……
We do that during tough times in our own personal budgets……
This imbecile mayor simply is not a smart person……..
BTW, ya left out cutting personnel from his bloated security detail……
Stay safe all!!!!!
Don’t worry the pension will be fine!
We also have a mayor that is anti-business. I’ve never heard him announce a plan to entice businesses to Chicago. It’s actually worse, he seems to be driving them out of the city. He can be as progressive as he wants but when you run out of money things are gonna get real ugly real fast.
Millionaires too? Define that, asshole. Paid off houses or at least real estate with significant equity plus a 401 or 357 account gets lots of people into that territory very quickly. Will you count property outside of Shitcago? Or are we talking about yearly income? Again, define that. Shitcago income tax coming soon. Once again, fuck them. Time to call the realtor. Start saving boxes.
OT -
Can Tom Homan and his ICE crew go deport Delia Ramirez parents? They are illegal and have raised a Congresswoman (who is an anchor baby) who swore and oath to the US Constitution that claims she a proud Guatemalan before I'm she's American.
the only thing that is never under-funded is the mayor's security detail
Has anyone looked at....oh, we don't know....cutting spending?
Not in the democratic playbook.
I think a quarter of a billion dollars is a low ball number. My guess it’s closer to a billion and this idiot wants the tax payers to keep forking over their money for his bull shit projects.
Anyone hear Stacy Gates complaining that they are short restorative justice counselors in the schools. I don't remember that one being around when I was in grade school.
All I see that is progressive is the progressively higher spending on nonsense. Oh and the progressively higher taxes that go along with this insane spending. At some point the music will stop and there will NOT be enough chairs for everyone playing.
The writing has been on the wall for about a decade at least...some people (or folks) can more easily read that writing and would say that we reached the "point of no return" a long time ago. Let's call them secular prophets...
Coneheads blatant incompetency just makes it all that much more apparent for the rest of us to see. I for one, do not want to remain in Chicago while liberal democrats leave nothing but scorched earth behind...
“This town needs an enema!” The Joker.
Would it be a safe assumption that a large number of sanctuary city supporters do not pay that much in taxes?
im sure that could be arranged..a simple letter to the white house will suffice.
They won’t stop spending money on illegal aliens. The illegal aliens have already purposely been blended into the City and Suburbs. The illegals are getting free housing, free education, free link cards, etc all on Illinois and Chicago’s dime.
Tax the wire money transfer to other countries, Not happening!
You, the hard working PO taxpayer, has finally paid off your house located in a fairly nice area, and you have invested wisely in deferred comp. You work some OT to keep money in your bank account but you don't kill yourself over it. Your spouse also works and has a 401k. You live within your means, spending your money wisely, not buying new cars every year. You are probably a millionaire on paper. Your actual money is tied up with the investments I just mentioned. These monies are not easily accessible. You would have to cash out in order to access this money, and you would probably lose a nice chunk to the Taxman yet YOU ARE CONSIDERED A MILLIONAIRE AT LEAST ON PAPER. THESE ASSHOLES KEEP SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO TAX THE MILLIONAIRES. THEY AREN'T LYING.THIS MEANS....YOU.
That's racist......Maybe...a hate crime....
Why all the security? I thought all the folks loved him.
The very first thing that needs to be done is to put together a commission made up of assistants and deputies to study ways to reduce the fiscal problems. Maybe throw in a few city vehicles for good measure.
They just cannot stop their griftings, nor reduce them, nor impede their more is never enough lustings.
They are all hogs now, bickering over which hog will get the most slop from the trough today.
Were that trough to be empty, they would then feed on each other.
Fire half of Steets and San and CDOT, they're not doing the work anyway. Fire all house houses and special units or put them back into patrol. Layoff half of firemen and hire the EMTs back as EMTs. The amount of fires is down 75%. Close all schools utilized at less than 40%. If the parents don't, like it, then pay for private schools---beggars can't be choosers.
Yes, when you have MILLIONS for illegals, then you have enough for pensions.Cut the fat from 2026 Budget, and there is a lot of FAT in that budget. Bye Brandon 😎
They are forcing you into Communism, whether you realize it or not.
All DemocRATS flunked Econ 101.
Take it for what it’s worth, I researched between Google & Chat GPT, spending on illegals (housing, programs, food etc) in the city of Chicago from 2021 on was estimated to be $617 million. By comparison using same sources (again I’m not always a fan) for homeless programs in City of Chicago from 2021 on was $150 million. 5 times the spending. Besides, I’m sure the $150 million mostly went to feather nests of connected non-profits and administrative costs and salary, because by the way LSD looks the $150 million didn’t do a thing.
I wonder if her kid has a restorative justice counselor at his private school?
City expenditures and financial debt are no problem because Democrats spend taxpayers' dollars. More importantly the taxpayers are stuck on stupid, live to wallow in shame & embarrassment and love to vote democrat. It's the Democrat Chicago Way.
Don't forget they could easily cut the number of alderfools and restructure so that maybe 25 could do the job.
The first step in recovery is to admit that YOU ARE the PROBLEM.
It’s the same script in every damm democrat run city. Spend and waste and then go into financial ruin. Just cut the spending! It’s that simple! Attract businesses and people. Not drive them away.
It’s the same script in every damm democrat run city. Spend and waste and then go into financial ruin. Just cut the spending! It’s that simple! Attract businesses and people. Not drive them away.
Another reason Chicago is failing financially. Cut the BS waste!
Not really, but his butt buddy and scumbag Obama the piece of shit did tell you fundamental change was coming. Hint -> communism.
In my short lifetime of 75+++ years I have never seen a Democrat solve a problem. Really solve a problem, have you?
The money spent on the illegals was for replacements. They will be counted in the next census and Illinois will either keep or increase their reps in Congress. Those of you who fled this shithole will be replaced by some illegal. The Dems want them to vote and secure their control in Chicago and Illinois. Congressional seats are based on population, legal and illegal combined. So, the false facade as to being protective and supplying everything they need is all bullshit. Everyone should know that by now. Your money pays for their greed. There is never enough of your money.
"They need it to educate the children". More and more money spent, and the results are the same, less than 20% of ALL CPS students cannot read or solve math problems at grade level, even after the standards were lowered several times.
Unless the Dems win the W. H., and one of the houses, they are doomed. They need federal money to bail out billions in this state alone, not to mention the other "blue" states who have done the same.
City income tax coming soon
And that change comes about after they collapse the current system, so your not agreeing with the original comment doesn’t make sense.
There’s always one in the crowd.
Extending the red line to Altgeld. Fuck that. Waste of money and will make the train less safe than it already is. Cheaper for us to pay for their uber to 95th than extend it. Already a bus running there.
The most logical solution for the city’s monetary problems is gentrification. It saved Lakeview, Wrigleyville, and even River North and west Madison Street. In the 60’s and 70’s these areas were shot. Old 2 flats in DePaul could be had for a song. Established black families in South Shore talk of holding out while the University of Chicago slowly moves southward. They’re gone, they just don’t realize it yet.
I am pretty sure there is someone from ICE who reads this blog, And I am sure they are letting Shitcago think that ICE is to busy in other states right now. But I HOPE Tom Homan HAS a BIG F-N surprise for that jaggoff Johnson. Let's let the dummycrats think they are in charge until TRUMP drops the hammer on them . God Bless America God Bless TRUMP !!!!!
Amen brother, so true, and I want ICE to visit home depot at 47th and western
Security detail is so large because CPD provides officers for 3 retired mayors Daley, Emanuel and Lightfoot. Absolutely ridiculous of course but that’s why so many officers.
1.1 billion dollar budget gap is a euphemism for bankrupt.
I’m sure I’m lowballing it but what 650 million on what has been spent on illegals that Would have cut it down by almost 2/3 of the problem…
Do what job?
They are all handjobs.
While he stays in the Governor's Mansion, where does Pritzker live? Will HE be paying his "fair share" should Johnson's delusion become reality? Is Pritzker getting ready for another whack at the graduated tax scheme? Thank Heaven Illinois voters said NO to THAT!
When the hustlers of real property build the fuck out of the multitude of vacant lots on the west and south sides, then you can tout this greedy grift of your wet dreams.
We need to cut the fat from the Governor's office.
Sadly Tubby will have the job until he retires or drops dead of a heart attack.
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