A Shutdown?

Oh no:

• Mayor Brandon Johnson warned Monday morning that Chicago was headed for its first-ever government shutdown after a marathon weekend meeting failed to break the budget deadlock gripping the city.

  In a letter to the 26 members of the Chicago City Council who have signed on to a plan to bridge Chicago’s $1.19 billion budget gap without hiking taxes on large firms, Johnson said he was open to new ideas and continuing negotiations but said he would not allow the city’s budget to be balanced “on the backs of working people.”

  “These proposals by some members of the Council are not ‘shared sacrifice’; it is only the poor who are sharing the sacrifice,” Johnson wrote. “Doubling garbage fees, cutting youth employment, and selling Chicagoans’ debt to the highest bidder puts significant additional financial strain on those with the least ability to afford it.”

“on the backs of working people.” 

This after a onerous property tax increase - but he'll blame that on Cook County.

"Tax the wealthy!" but the wealthy will just move out of town like they've been doing for years now.

"Head tax!" which will causes businesses to close or move away, putting more pressure on the "backs of working people" who will have to commute farther. 

• Officials cannot pass a short-term ordinance to keep City Hall functioning while negotiations continue, officials said. That means without a budget agreement, more than 30,000 workers will not be paid and city services will stop.

So what shuts down when no one gets paid? Garbage pick up? Snow plows? Parks? Water Department? Water treatment?OEMC? Fire, ambulance, police responses? Illegal alien services? We didn't notice when the federal government shut down for weeks.