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Mayor Brandon Johnson says 'progressive revenue' will be used to fill Chicago budget gap
YOUTUBE.COM ^ | 07/25/2025 | ABC7 chicago

Posted on 07/25/2025 7:14:39 AM PDT by Pol-92064

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says he will seek progressive revenue solutions to address a budget deficit without raising property taxes.


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: brandonjohnson; budget; chicago; demagogicparty; demagogue; illinois

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Translation: Don't worry bro! Casper is gonna pay the bills. HA HA HA HA HA!
1 posted on 07/25/2025 7:14:39 AM PDT by Pol-92064
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To: Pol-92064

So, he got a hold of one of those Magical Money Computers that Elon told us about?


2 posted on 07/25/2025 7:17:21 AM PDT by C210N (Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.)
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To: Pol-92064

Make sure you look behind the pending smoke and mirrors...


3 posted on 07/25/2025 7:22:32 AM PDT by econjack
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To: Pol-92064

And Casper was foolish enough to vote this bozo in.


4 posted on 07/25/2025 7:23:24 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Pol-92064

“progressive revenue” ... tax the air that people breath, presuming that rich people breath more air and giving rebates to po’ people?


5 posted on 07/25/2025 7:23:43 AM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: Pol-92064

Too bad for Mayor Johnson that Geraldo already found that Al Capone’s vault was empty.


6 posted on 07/25/2025 7:24:14 AM PDT by dowcaet
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To: catnipman

Obviously.


7 posted on 07/25/2025 7:30:09 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Pol-92064

I suppose he means soak the rich. Ask Detroit how that worked out.


8 posted on 07/25/2025 7:30:28 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Nullius in verba)
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To: dowcaet

In fact, I’d say the last two mayors of Chicongo have been equally corrupt and criminalistic as Al Capone.


9 posted on 07/25/2025 7:30:48 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Pol-92064

Maybe he can open government grocery stores and use the profits from those.

Has worked every time it’s been tried, right Brandon?


10 posted on 07/25/2025 7:31:21 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolutioan?)
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To: Pol-92064
Code enforcement is coming for you. Loose gutters? Peeling paint? Bump on sidewalk? Trash cans in wrong spot? Grass too high? Pollenator garden? Home repairs without permits?

$300 a pop. Only enforced in wealthier neighborhoods and streets. I have any contractors park at the rear of my property, so they don't see the truck or van. Don't put any cardboard boxes out at the curb. Avoid parking at a Home Depot or Lowes. Use a lot across the street or such because they have cameras set up by code enforcement to capture your tag and then go by your residence of record.

11 posted on 07/25/2025 7:31:32 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) "Diggin the scene with a gangster lean" (Mayfield, Curtis) )
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To: blackdog

Many of the wealthy in Chicago live in high rise condos with lake views.

Code enforcement is not going to work all that well on them.

Lol.


12 posted on 07/25/2025 7:34:11 AM PDT by cgbg (It was not us. It was them--all along.)
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To: Pol-92064

Taxing the progressives sounds like a good idea to me.


13 posted on 07/25/2025 7:35:46 AM PDT by FreedomForce
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To: Pol-92064

progressive revenue solutions , take everyone’s money ?


14 posted on 07/25/2025 7:36:09 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: blackdog

From 1965 -2010 there was been a massive migration of middle class and working class whites from America’s urban centers. Now the elites are feeling their safety and well being are being threatened in their remaining enclaves. Since the silicon chip and the technologies it has spawned have made central business locations no longer essential, the economic underpinnings of these urban areas is withering. Bad pronosis for America’ once great cities.


15 posted on 07/25/2025 7:41:49 AM PDT by allendale
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To: Pol-92064

Double Speak for taxation of something. Maybe a tax on breathing air in city boudaries?


16 posted on 07/25/2025 7:42:10 AM PDT by Mlheureux
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To: Pol-92064

https://investors.progressive.com/financials/financial-results/default.aspx


better dump your progressive stock.


17 posted on 07/25/2025 7:42:30 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: Pol-92064

Shake down oil companies under the guise of climate change.


18 posted on 07/25/2025 7:42:46 AM PDT by Track9 (Make haste slowly. )
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To: Pol-92064

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14238303/chicago-pension-crisis-debt-public-sector.html

In 2022, retirement benefits and debt service accounted for 43 percent of the city’s budget.


19 posted on 07/25/2025 7:50:27 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: No name given

Or was it vote fraud?


20 posted on 07/25/2025 7:50:50 AM PDT by Bigg Red ( Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.)
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