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Emanuel set to call for largest property tax hike in modern Chicago history
Chicago Tribune ^
| 09-03-2015
| Hal Dardick and Bill Ruthhart
Posted on 09/03/2015 12:32:20 PM PDT by sleeper-has-awakened
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is set to call for the largest property tax increase in modern Chicago history to raise enough money to make a major pension payment for police and firefighters next year, the mayor's City Council floor leader and a City Hall source told the Chicago Tribune late Wednesday..
The mayor also plans to push a new garbage collection tax, a new per-ride fee on taxis and ride-hailing services such as Uber and a new tax on electronic cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products.
....The property tax increase Emanuel is mulling would far exceed what the mayor himself said during the campaign was the largest property tax increase in Chicago history.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: chicago; hike; illinois; rahmemanuel; tax
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To: sleeper-has-awakened
Emanuel set to call for largest property tax hike in modern Chicago history LOL!
They should save time and rename the City DetroitII right away.
It will become a moral and ethical wasteland, like Detroit and San Francisco. Full of huge companies which can pass on the increase to their clients and customers, and no middle class.
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posted on
09/03/2015 1:16:13 PM PDT
by
publius911
(Pissed?? You have NO idea!)
To: sleeper-has-awakened
Taxing Uber. That’s going to go over well! /s
And what happens if people don’t pay their garbage collection tax?
To: tcrlaf
“We have known for several years that the pension shortfall was going to cause us to make some really painful decisions, particularly if we didn’t receive any relief from Springfield, and we didn’t receive any relief from Springfield.”
translation: The Governor is a REPUBICAN!! REPUBLICANS' FAULT! REPUBLICANS FAULT! REPUBLICANS FAULT!!
To: sleeper-has-awakened
How’s that lotto working out for you IL?
Chicago used to be a great city.
5.56mm
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posted on
09/03/2015 1:35:05 PM PDT
by
M Kehoe
To: cherry
govt workers never suffer what the private sector workers do….BUMP!
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posted on
09/03/2015 2:36:57 PM PDT
by
PGalt
To: sleeper-has-awakened
I have zero sympathy for the people of Chicago who have continued to vote for the crazy Dem machine for my entire lifetime. They get what they deserve. I care not.
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posted on
09/03/2015 3:52:39 PM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: sleeper-has-awakened
That was tried once in Detroit
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posted on
09/03/2015 5:03:55 PM PDT
by
norwaypinesavage
(The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
To: sleeper-has-awakened
Well hell,
someone’s got to pay for all the graft, theft and corruption in Chicago.
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posted on
09/04/2015 2:53:10 AM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
( Obammy is a lie, a mooselimb and pond scum.)
To: detective
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posted on
09/04/2015 2:54:53 AM PDT
by
xp38
To: sleeper-has-awakened
“if you walk too much, they’ll tax your feet”.
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posted on
09/04/2015 2:58:42 AM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
( Obammy is a lie, a mooselimb and pond scum.)
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