Chicago's mayor Brandon Johnson wants to push 'mansion tax' on homes that sell for more than $1 million - and members of his team want to tax households earning $100,000 or more in report named 'First We Get the Money'

Daily Mail ^ | 9/12/23 | Joe Hutchison

[catnipman]

mansion for a mil? seriously?

$100,000 income is what “rich” people earn?

the median home price in the City of Boulder is 1 mil, and the medium home price in the Country of Boulder is 3/4 of a mil.

the median income in the city of Boulder is $75,000 ...

johnson is a moron ... but then again, we all knew that already anyway ...

[ConservativeInPA]

Tax the hell out of the rich. They are the donor class. They support the swamp by funding swamp creatures. Seriously, how many uber rich can you name that are ardent MAGA supporters? Particularly from Chicago?

Off the top of my head, I can only come up with one reason to not tax them more. That’s so they stay up in Chicago and don’t move to somewhere red.

[Right_Wing_Madman]

There is only one way to deal with gangster government.

In Scarface, doesn't the Al Pacino character get shot up in the end? (Spoiler alert!)

[allblues]

It’s real, and it’s spectacular.

[MinorityRepublican]

His house is not in Chicago so that’s good. But it’s in middle of nowhere so the only thing that’s worth something is the land. But it’s in the wrong location so that’s why no one wants to buy it.

[Trumpisourlastchance]

This is what a collapsing society looks like. The refugees from these blue zones will go to red zones, where they will vote for more thieves and turn red areas into zombie/Mad Max blue zones like they fled from.

[thinden]

Mayor should start with da bears players, then da bulls, then da cubs, then da sox & see how that goes

[Brian Griffin]

Since about 1890 the rich have generally shunned building expensive homes in Chicago.

There’s Oak Park and River Forest to the west.

To the north there’s Evanston to Lake Forest.

[Brian Griffin]

“There are several blah looking homes in California right now, selling for well over $1 Million.”

“several”?

You’re just a few hundred thousand houses short.

[Brian Griffin]

It’s in Highland Park. The exterior is blah, but the interior has some OK spaces:

https://www.businessinsider.com/michael-jordan-chicago-mansion-for-sale-nike-air-mj#-which-has-its-own-family-room-and-kitchen-39

[Major Matt Mason]

Apparently, the Democrats haven't driven enough people out of Illinois yet.

[Retain Mike]

'mansion tax' on sales of homes of more than $1 million, as his administration continues to push higher tax on households earning over $100,000.

With inflation raging now for years, here in Bend Oregon middle class families now earn over $100,000 incomes and live in $1,000,000 homes as the dollar turns into play money.

[scrabblehack]

I saw a map some time ago — there’s not much middle class in Chicago. Most neighborhoods are either very poor or very rich.

[Grampa Dave]

“With inflation raging now for years, here in Bend Oregon middle class families now earn over $100,000 incomes and live in $1,000,000 homes as the dollar turns into play money.”

25 years ago, my wife and I were interested in relocating to Bend/ Mt. Bachelor Ski Resort. She didn’t ski but art was a hobby, and she had been a docent at some big places. So she could fit in at most galleries.

I fly fished, hunted and skied. So we really looked at that area. My new part time gig was running focus groups and the Medford airport would get me to the sites.

We had one son living in Mt. Bachelor (company paid), and a son in Portland wanting to leave Portland and stay in Oregon.

Fortunately, our son living at Mt. Bachelor warned us about the liberals taking over that area. That was confirmed by an old time liberal friend whose very liberal daughter moved to Bend.