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  • Chicago selects suicide

    From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 17 16:04:00 2023
    They proposed a new budget with necessary tax increases.

    Beware, their web site repeatedly crashed my MS Edge.

    https://acrecampaigns.org/research_post/first-we-get-the-money/

    Gotta love the title.

    I suspect they will eventually succeed in forcing their single largest revenue business to get the hell out of town.

    https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-cme/2023/05/15/id/1119904/

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Wed May 17 20:11:32 2023
    On 5/17/23 6:04 PM, ScottW wrote:
    They proposed a new budget with necessary tax increases.

    Sounds fiscally responsible.

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to ScottW on Wed May 17 18:28:44 2023
    On Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 7:04:03 PM UTC-4, ScottW wrote:
    They proposed a new budget with necessary tax increases.

    Beware, their web site repeatedly crashed my MS Edge.

    https://acrecampaigns.org/research_post/first-we-get-the-money/

    Gotta love the title.

    I suspect they will eventually succeed in forcing their single largest revenue business to get the hell out of town.

    https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-cme/2023/05/15/id/1119904/

    ScottW

    The Dallas Mercantile Exchange has a nice ring to it.

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 17 18:29:47 2023
    On Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 9:12:38 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/17/23 6:04 PM, ScottW wrote:
    They proposed a new budget with necessary tax increases.
    Sounds fiscally responsible.

    The anti-Laffler Curve.

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 18 09:53:43 2023
    On Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 6:12:38 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/17/23 6:04 PM, ScottW wrote:
    They proposed a new budget with necessary tax increases.
    Sounds fiscally responsible.

    To a kindergardener.

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Thu May 18 12:25:06 2023
    On 5/18/23 11:53 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 6:12:38 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/17/23 6:04 PM, ScottW wrote:
    They proposed a new budget with necessary tax increases.
    Sounds fiscally responsible.

    To a kindergardener.

    A kindergartner who knows what the word 'necessary' means, yes. For
    someone who hates debt, you seem to have quite a disdain for revenue.

    Also, 'selects' implies that this is an approved budget, which it is
    not. It's not even an official proposal, but rather a press release from
    a political action committee.

    Get back to me when the Chicago city council or whoever does the budget
    adopts this.

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 18 14:54:29 2023
    On Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 1:26:56 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/18/23 11:53 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 6:12:38 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/17/23 6:04 PM, ScottW wrote:
    They proposed a new budget with necessary tax increases.
    Sounds fiscally responsible.

    To a kindergardener.
    A kindergartner who knows what the word 'necessary' means, yes. For
    someone who hates debt, you seem to have quite a disdain for revenue.

    Also, 'selects' implies that this is an approved budget, which it is
    not. It's not even an official proposal, but rather a press release from
    a political action committee.

    Get back to me when the Chicago city council or whoever does the budget adopts this.

    A kindergardener knows more about economics than you do.
    A kindergardener sees that other states that have enacted onerous
    taxes on businesses find a good portion of those businesses fleeing to other states.

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 18 19:47:24 2023
    On Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:26:56 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/18/23 11:53 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 6:12:38 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/17/23 6:04 PM, ScottW wrote:
    They proposed a new budget with necessary tax increases.
    Sounds fiscally responsible.

    To a kindergardener.
    A kindergartner who knows what the word 'necessary' means, yes. For
    someone who hates debt, you seem to have quite a disdain for revenue.

    Chicago has unsustainable and completely noncompetitive tax structure.
    Raising taxes only makes it worse and will be counterproductive in effort to raise revenue.

    ScottW

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to ScottW on Thu May 18 20:36:28 2023
    On Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:47:25 PM UTC-4, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:26:56 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/18/23 11:53 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 6:12:38 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/17/23 6:04 PM, ScottW wrote:
    They proposed a new budget with necessary tax increases.
    Sounds fiscally responsible.

    To a kindergardener.
    A kindergartner who knows what the word 'necessary' means, yes. For someone who hates debt, you seem to have quite a disdain for revenue.
    Chicago has unsustainable and completely noncompetitive tax structure. Raising taxes only makes it worse and will be counterproductive in effort to raise revenue.

    ScottW

    Upside down image of the Laffler curve.

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Fri May 19 09:12:45 2023
    On 5/18/23 4:54 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 1:26:56 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/18/23 11:53 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 6:12:38 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/17/23 6:04 PM, ScottW wrote:
    They proposed a new budget with necessary tax increases.
    Sounds fiscally responsible.

    To a kindergardener.
    A kindergartner who knows what the word 'necessary' means, yes. For
    someone who hates debt, you seem to have quite a disdain for revenue.

    Also, 'selects' implies that this is an approved budget, which it is
    not. It's not even an official proposal, but rather a press release from
    a political action committee.

    Get back to me when the Chicago city council or whoever does the budget
    adopts this.

    A kindergardener knows more about economics than you do.
    A kindergardener sees that other states that have enacted onerous
    taxes on businesses find a good portion of those businesses fleeing to other states.

    Get back to me when "The Action Center on Race & the Economy" has the
    power to levy taxes. BTW, Chicago is a city, not a state.

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Fri May 19 09:27:12 2023
    On 5/18/23 9:47 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:26:56 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/18/23 11:53 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 6:12:38 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/17/23 6:04 PM, ScottW wrote:
    They proposed a new budget with necessary tax increases.
    Sounds fiscally responsible.

    To a kindergardener.
    A kindergartner who knows what the word 'necessary' means, yes. For
    someone who hates debt, you seem to have quite a disdain for revenue.

    Chicago has unsustainable and completely noncompetitive tax structure.

    Okay, but "soaking the rich" has the advantage of looking for revenue
    where the money is.

    Raising taxes only makes it worse and will be counterproductive in effort to raise revenue.

    Then the mayor won't make the proposal part of the budget nor will the
    city council approve it.

    Problem solved! But "Chicago think tank makes proposal unlikely to be
    approved" isn't as snappy a subject line.

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 19 13:58:32 2023
    BTW, Chicago is a city, not a state.

    It's a state of decay.

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