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During press availability, Mayor Johnson took the opportunity to bash critics of his “Head Tax.” When explaining critics messaging on his “Head Tax,” the mayor repeatedly claimed it was misleading and graded it a “F minus.” Let’s be clear. The Mayor is lying. The Head Tax, the 14% tax... show more

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SUPERCUT: Chicago reporters pressure Mayor Brandon Johnson to call out false advertising from the Chicago Teachers Union. The mayor refuses, and then insults City Council members. Fantastic questions here. Watch until the very end. This came after a press conference in which Johnson said opponents of his head tax proposal are running ads filled with “lies” and “misinformation.”

SUPERCUT: Chicago reporters pressure Mayor Brandon Johnson to call out false advertising from the Chicago Teachers Union. The mayor refuses, and then insults City Council members. Fantastic questions here. Watch until the very end. This came after a press conference in which Johnson said opponents of his head tax proposal are running ads filled with “lies” and “misinformation.”

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478,414 views • 7 months ago

WATCH: Mayor Brandon Johnson can't name a single other city in America where the head tax (aka job killer tax) is working well - because there are none. Great question by Mary Ann Ahern. The mayor claims his head tax proposal means Chicago is "setting the trend". Unfortunately, it would be a downward trend. One that means greater job losses. Fighting for working people requires job creation. Working people enjoy having jobs to go to. Policies that lead to businesses cutting jobs are inherently harmful to the working class. Policies that lead to job creation are pro-worker. This should not be a complicated policy to understand. Chicago needs less taxes and more growth. The head tax not only hurts businesses for being successful, but it ultimately hurts the workers who depend on those important jobs the most.

WATCH: Mayor Brandon Johnson can't name a single other city in America where the head tax (aka job killer tax) is working well - because there are none. Great question by Mary Ann Ahern. The mayor claims his head tax proposal means Chicago is "setting the trend". Unfortunately, it would be a downward trend. One that means greater job losses. Fighting for working people requires job creation. Working people enjoy having jobs to go to. Policies that lead to businesses cutting jobs are inherently harmful to the working class. Policies that lead to job creation are pro-worker. This should not be a complicated policy to understand. Chicago needs less taxes and more growth. The head tax not only hurts businesses for being successful, but it ultimately hurts the workers who depend on those important jobs the most.

Susana A. Mendoza ☮️

34,860 views • 7 months ago

It's time for a wealth tax on the super rich and a tax on excess profits. Those that say a wealth tax is too difficult are mistaken. We seem to be able to get workers to pay tax in a matter of weeks, the system is rigged and the country knows it. #WealthTax NOW! #Budget

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519,573 views • 9 months ago

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24,615 views • 1 year ago

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402,790 views • 2 months ago

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Richard Bailey

11,833 views • 8 months ago

The Income Tax has been deemed Unconstitutional “There's no income tax in America until the Civil War. An emergency one Lincoln pushed after the Civil War, it's repealed 1892. They try to have a peacetime income tax, it’s declared unconstitutional Woodrow Wilson pushes through the income tax, the 16th Amendment in 1913. It's a 1% tax on the top 1% richest people in the country. It's not to tax the people, it’s to go after those robber barons. The Rockefellers, Carnegies, J. Paul Getty's, the Astors. It would be sort of like today that only Warren Buffett and Bill Gates and George Soros, that's what the tax is for. And so you have Taft, pushing through a corporate income tax. And only the extreme wealthy owned corporate stock, so it was a backdoor way to get at them. Teddy Roosevelt was responsible for inheritance tax, because only the extreme wealthy had an inheritance worth leaving. But finally, Woodrow Wilson pushes through the income tax, which is the 1% tax on the top 1% richest people.” And today this is all applied to everyone It’s time to abolish the income tax

The Income Tax has been deemed Unconstitutional “There's no income tax in America until the Civil War. An emergency one Lincoln pushed after the Civil War, it's repealed 1892. They try to have a peacetime income tax, it’s declared unconstitutional Woodrow Wilson pushes through the income tax, the 16th Amendment in 1913. It's a 1% tax on the top 1% richest people in the country. It's not to tax the people, it’s to go after those robber barons. The Rockefellers, Carnegies, J. Paul Getty's, the Astors. It would be sort of like today that only Warren Buffett and Bill Gates and George Soros, that's what the tax is for. And so you have Taft, pushing through a corporate income tax. And only the extreme wealthy owned corporate stock, so it was a backdoor way to get at them. Teddy Roosevelt was responsible for inheritance tax, because only the extreme wealthy had an inheritance worth leaving. But finally, Woodrow Wilson pushes through the income tax, which is the 1% tax on the top 1% richest people.” And today this is all applied to everyone It’s time to abolish the income tax

Wall Street Apes

101,290 views • 5 months ago

Democrat Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker —— "How dare you tell me as Mayor how to tax you!” Philadelphia is broke… and She is pushing massive tax hike for rideshare companies because of shitty democrat policy decisions to make up the deficit.

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32,033 views • 3 months ago

So Mikie and the DGA have been lying for weeks about @jack4nj allegedly supporting a sales tax hike. Tonight? @mikiesherrill wouldn’t commit to not raising the… sales tax!? I asked Jack for his reaction:

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Matt Rooney

49,268 views • 9 months ago

Earlier today, a reporter asked Mayor Brandon Johnson if $100M in efficiencies would change his head tax plan. Instead of answering, he claimed Aldermen “chastised” him—then immediately turned around and chastised them with made-up garbage, grocery, and property tax hikes, right before the reporter reminded him that his own Finance Chair Pat Dowell already ruled all of that out. It’s very telling when the toughest part of the exchange for him is the silence right after an awkward “thank you” and his eyes immediately start searching for an escape route. 😵‍💫

Earlier today, a reporter asked Mayor Brandon Johnson if $100M in efficiencies would change his head tax plan. Instead of answering, he claimed Aldermen “chastised” him—then immediately turned around and chastised them with made-up garbage, grocery, and property tax hikes, right before the reporter reminded him that his own Finance Chair Pat Dowell already ruled all of that out. It’s very telling when the toughest part of the exchange for him is the silence right after an awkward “thank you” and his eyes immediately start searching for an escape route. 😵‍💫

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71,508 views • 8 months ago

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30,480 views • 9 months ago

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders are rallying to attempt to raise the top tax rate on businesses and individuals before their budget deadline April 1st Top earners will be expected to pay 52% of their income in taxes For individuals: Income > $5B = 10.8% tax rate Income > $25M = 11.4% tax rate City, State, Federal = 52% Corporate tax rate Income > $5M = 10.8% tax rate Income > $25M = 11.4% tax rate City, State, Federal = 52% tax rate

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders are rallying to attempt to raise the top tax rate on businesses and individuals before their budget deadline April 1st Top earners will be expected to pay 52% of their income in taxes For individuals: Income > $5B = 10.8% tax rate Income > $25M = 11.4% tax rate City, State, Federal = 52% Corporate tax rate Income > $5M = 10.8% tax rate Income > $25M = 11.4% tax rate City, State, Federal = 52% tax rate

Wall Street Apes

62,604 views • 3 months ago