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"First we get the money..."

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  • MikM Mik

    @jon-nyc said in "First we get the money...":

    The mayor is “distancing himself” from the plan, says Crain’s.

    That’s a relief.

    I wonder what impediments, if any, prevent a municipality from instituting wealth taxes or transaction taxes. I’d imagine the taxing authority of cities, counties, and towns is defined by state statute, but I could be wrong.

    I know there are such things in Ohio. For instance, I live in a township, which is not allowed by law to impose an income tax. I'd bet you are correct.

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    @Mik Right? It seems like otherwise there’d be some little villages somewhere experimenting with all kinds of ruinous schemes.

    If you don't take it, it can only good happen.

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      @Jolly

      He was so worried about the plan of the Chicago's mayor's friends that he left Republican-run Long Island?

      And he was so extra worried about it that he left even before the they released the plans?

      Damn, sing us a song, piano man.

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      @jon-nyc said in "First we get the money...":

      @Jolly

      He was so worried about the plan of the Chicago's mayor's friends that he left Republican-run Long Island?

      And he was so extra worried about it that he left even before the they released the plans?

      Damn, sing us a song, piano man.

      Nope, just a general observation about taxation and people.

      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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        The funny thing about people with money is they CAN move. It would seem Chicago is determined to repeat the mistakes of Detroit, which was also once a great city.

        "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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          Do we need Chicago?

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            jon-nyc
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            Ever since they renamed the Sears tower it’s been dead to me.

            If you don't take it, it can only good happen.

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            • MikM Mik

              The funny thing about people with money is they CAN move. It would seem Chicago is determined to repeat the mistakes of Detroit, which was also once a great city.

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              @Mik said in "First we get the money...":

              The funny thing about people with money is they CAN move. It would seem Chicago is determined to repeat the mistakes of Detroit, which was also once a great city.

              Money is like water and will find its own level.

              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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              • JollyJ Jolly

                @jon-nyc said in "First we get the money...":

                @Jolly

                He was so worried about the plan of the Chicago's mayor's friends that he left Republican-run Long Island?

                And he was so extra worried about it that he left even before the they released the plans?

                Damn, sing us a song, piano man.

                Nope, just a general observation about taxation and people.

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                @Jolly said in "First we get the money...":

                @jon-nyc said in "First we get the money...":

                @Jolly

                He was so worried about the plan of the Chicago's mayor's friends that he left Republican-run Long Island?

                And he was so extra worried about it that he left even before the they released the plans?

                Damn, sing us a song, piano man.

                Nope, just a general observation about taxation and people.

                Don't just think only about "cost", think also about "revenue." Doesn't matter if a place assesses zero tax, no one wants to be there if there is no money to be made despite their having zero tax rate.

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                • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                  Ever since they renamed the Sears tower it’s been dead to me.

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                  @jon-nyc said in "First we get the money...":

                  Ever since they renamed the Sears tower it’s been dead to me.

                  You know they renamed Lake Shore Drive too - now it's "DuSable Lake Shore Drive."

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    If I ever go back to Chicago it will only be to take a dump on Michigan Avenue.

                    If you don't take it, it can only good happen.

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                      @jon-nyc said in "First we get the money...":

                      Ever since they renamed the Sears tower it’s been dead to me.

                      You know they renamed Lake Shore Drive too - now it's "DuSable Lake Shore Drive."

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                      @George-K said in "First we get the money...":

                      @jon-nyc said in "First we get the money...":

                      Ever since they renamed the Sears tower it’s been dead to me.

                      You know they renamed Lake Shore Drive too - now it's "DuSable Lake Shore Drive."

                      The French fur trader? Really?

                      "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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