Chicago Mayor introduces new plan to revitalize the city and address its challenges.

Chicago Mayor Channels Ultra-Violent ‘Scarface,’ Intros ‘First We⁢ Get the⁢ Money’ Plan ⁢to Finally Destroy City

Chicago, how far you’ve ⁤fallen.

Chicago, no longer the metropolis that poet Carl Sandburg‍ once described ⁤as “bareheaded, shoveling, wrecking, planning, building, breaking, rebuilding …”

No ⁢more.

Now Chicago is​ a place where politicians quote the old “Scarface” movie in their proposals: “First We Get the Money.”

That’s ​the new Chicago story‍ — tax and tax‍ and ‍tax and tax some more. And ‍then wreck the place with a reduced police force, as‌ crime increases​ and a growing number of illegal immigrants enter the city.

As part of the “First We Get the Money” plan, Johnson wants to install a mansion tax.

What’s a⁢ mansion in Chicago? That’s a home that⁢ Johnson’s people define as selling ​for more ‌than $1 ​million dollars.

Fortunately for Chicago’s rich, there aren’t many⁢ of ⁣them. ⁤Almost 2,400 homes‍ have‌ sold recently for over‌ $1 million.

Nut-and-bolts⁢ of the proposed tax increases​ would‍ see tax rates jump from .75 ​percent to 2 percent for‍ houses selling⁢ from ⁢$1 million to‍ $1.5 ‍million.

Any sale over $1.5 million would have a tax rate of 3 percent,‌ which, of course, is okay. After all, you’re ⁣rich, ‍so⁢ you can afford that extra money.

The second part of​ this proposal would see the rich having to pay more taxes.

But who does Johnson ⁤describe⁢ as the rich? The rich are anyone in Chicago making over $100,000 per year.

A hundred thousand⁤ dollars in a high-cost, major city is⁣ rich?

No wonder people‍ are ⁣fleeing not only the city but the state⁢ of ‍Illinois for more friendly locales.

The ⁤proposed million-dollar-home taxes are part of ⁤Johnson’s focus on a⁤ “more just” city that includes not only more taxes,‌ but reduced funding for the police.

Is it any wonder‌ that crime prompted Caterpillar ⁣and Boeing to move‍ their headquarters when‌ Lori Lightfoot was in office?

Chicago’s problems are hampering ⁤McDonald’s recruitment⁢ to its headquarters — to the point ‍that it ⁤is considering leaving. Recently⁣ food processor Tyson⁢ bailed ‌on Chicago and pulled⁤ its people to its Arkansas headquarters.

Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce ⁣President Jack⁣ Lavin is ⁢against the new ‌tax proposals.

“We remain opposed,” Lavin said. “Chicago⁢ would ‍have the ⁤second-highest real estate⁣ transfer tax if ​this passed, compared to competitive cities.

“This ​will deter global investors,” ​Lavin continued,​ beginning to sound almost like the opposite of Carl Sandburg’s Chicago poem.

“It will ‍impede development, union job creation, tax-base growth and small businesses.”

“It will come at a time when vacancy rates are high,⁤ sub-lease space available is at a high,⁤ foreclosures, return to office⁤ is ⁢still recovering. Property tax rates are up. All of this adds to the burden for the business community,”‍ he concluded.

One more thing — Chicago is considered ⁢a “sanctuary city.” And growing numbers of migrants are beginning to hang around, of‌ all places, a ‍police station.

So it goes in the Windy City.⁢ And with the ideas of Mayor Johnson, things can only get worse.

How far will you fall, ⁤Chicago?

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