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Can Commies count? Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson just allowed a $1.6 BILLION dollar budget to take effect, and is now BLAMING the lack of taxes on a $130 shortfall in funding. "The corporate head tax, which was projected to bring in $100 million, would have prevented this shortfall." $130,000,000...

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24,615 views • 1 year ago

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98,188 views • 1 year ago

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210,976 views • 6 months ago

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20,375 views • 6 months ago

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660,690 views • 6 months ago

The do-nothing assemblyman says he fought me on taxing the rich. Lie. I proposed the tax hike to deal with the shortfall from COVID. The assemblyman had been in office for all of 3 weeks. I’d never even heard of him. Because he was never there and never did anything
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The do-nothing assemblyman says he fought me on taxing the rich. Lie. I proposed the tax hike to deal with the shortfall from COVID. The assemblyman had been in office for all of 3 weeks. I’d never even heard of him. Because he was never there and never did anything

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112,858 views • 11 months ago

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To the surprise of, well, no one, a budget task force appointed by Mayor Brandon Johnson has recommended tax increases to solve Chicago's massive budget gap. This task force was a sham all along. Here is why: Hilariously, the mayor parroted one point highlighted in the final report: "We do not have a spending problem in Chicago. we have a revenue problem." What a crock. Chicago has a massive but unacknowledged spending problem.

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38,263 views • 9 months ago

Elon Musk: ”The tax code is, you could fill this room with tax credits. Only an AI could even understand the tax code. Maybe. We want to have a tax code you can actually read as a human. I’m very much in favor of small government. We want minimal government action and maximum freedom for the people, and that is what leads to the highest level of prosperity.”
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"We have a half billion dollar shortfall right now going into this biennial budget... at the same time, Governor Mills is trying to play chicken with the federal government and saying, 'we'll see you at court over this additional $250 million.'" -Via Rep. Laurel Libby

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22,424 views • 1 year ago