Posted on 04/07/2023 12:47:00 PM PDT by Libloather
Chicago's incoming liberal mayor has raised eyebrows by blaming the city's poverty problems and surging crime rates on businesses that don't pay tax.
Brandon Johnson, a former union organizer who was elected on Tuesday, said Chicago doesn't have money to solve its problem because '70 percent of large corporations in the state of Illinois don't pay a corporate tax'.
'It's that type of restraint on our budget that has caused the type if disinvestment that has led to poverty, of course that has led to violence,' said Johnson, who didn't give the source for his claim.
The 47-year-old Cook County commissioner beat candidate Paul Vallas, 69, who had the backing of Chicago's police union, by around 13,000 votes. Johnson will replace outgoing mayor Lori Lightfoot, who fell out of favor after crime surged under her watch.
Top of Johnson's agenda will be reversing the city's spiraling crime rate and dealing with out-of-control homelessness that's transformed part of O'Hare International Airport into a grubby makeshift shelter.
During the campaign, Johnson called for $80 million to be raised by taxing the wealthy. He has also called for a freeze in property taxes.
Speaking on Thursday, he told CBS: 'I'm not going to raise property taxes, that's been the lazy form of governance for a long time in the city of Chicago and quite frankly around the country.'
Following his election, Johnson recalled growing up in a poor family, teaching at a school in Cabrini Green, a notorious former public housing complex, and shielding his kids from gunfire in their west side neighborhood.
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Well, it looks like the city of Chiraq just traded one commie for another. Nice going, clowns 🤡.
“’It’s that type of restraint on our budget that has caused the type if disinvestment that has led to poverty, of course that has led to violence,’ said Johnson, who didn’t give the source for his claim.”
Not sure, but I think the word he was looking for is constraint…
Well Chicagoans you voted this clown into office, now live with him and watch your beautiful City destroy itself.
This dude sure sounds ignorant about the world, and his city.
Embrace the suck, Chicago.
And if you voted for him, stay right where you are.
so then, the youth gangs who have laid waste to the south side, and the west side, are doing so, because corporations aren’t paying enough in taxes????
They won’t need Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow this time.
All businesses should leave Chicago.
Starve the commies.
wow... If I lived there, I would be planning my exit ASAP
... she said between gulps of algae.
No Pay To Play?...No Way!
Another democrat commie? That’s all there is now.
If this dumdass ever ran a business, he would know that the taxman comes calling every month for employment taxes, local, county, & state business taxes, and the first person in line is Uncle Sam.
Is there anything libtards think more taxes won’t fix?
This low-IQ, ass clown negro going to be so much fun to abuse. When will Americans wake up and see that every Democrat mayor is just about as stupid and lacks all ability to solve problems?
The idiots in Chicago are saying “yeah that’s right damn it, those business’s don’t pay no taxes”.
It’s the usual Democrat bs mantra - corporations, the rich, etc. don’t pay their fair share. The dumb f@@@ may actually believe this, but logic, the ability to do simple math and critical thinking never seem to be present in democrat voters. And the representative form of govt ensures that the people get what they deserve.
“Top of Johnson’s agenda will be reversing the city’s spiraling crime rate and dealing with out-of-control homelessness”
Johnson is a Democrat. Under his leadership, conditions in Chicago will stay the same or get worse. He has no real solutions.
“During the campaign, Johnson called for $80 million to be raised by taxing the wealthy.”
See?
🎶here comes the new boss, same as the old boss 🎶
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