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Mayor & Aldermen – Cowards, Ignorant, Small-Minded, Bought Off?

Mayor & Aldermen – Cowards, Ignorant, Small-Minded, Bought Off?

It’s the same old regressive path for Chicago’s 2025 budget

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Jan 05, 2025
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How tired are you of this sort of headline: “New taxes and fees will hit poor Chicagoans the hardest. Here’s how.” From WGN News, January 1:

Homeowners may have escaped a property tax hike, but their pocketbooks will be hit in other ways, with new taxes and fees expected to generate $181 million this year. At least two studies have called these kinds of …

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