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No property tax increase but a tax on telephones. I know their goal is to get more $$ from non Chicago citizens. Business phones will be hit too. This does not do anything to solve the pension crisis just kicks can a little further.

Less painful during election season coming up......

(07-30-2014 12:05 PM)Turner4Heisman Wrote:  Less painful during election season coming up......

And then next year the real estate tax hike.

(07-30-2014 01:05 PM)klake87 Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 12:05 PM)Turner4Heisman Wrote:  Less painful during election season coming up......

And then next year the real estate tax hike.

exactly.

nothing will change. not a single opponent to Rahm coming up. Nobody can compete with him at this point. People even mentioning Karen Lewis makes my skin crawl.

(07-30-2014 01:07 PM)Turner4Heisman Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 01:05 PM)klake87 Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 12:05 PM)Turner4Heisman Wrote:  Less painful during election season coming up......

And then next year the real estate tax hike.

exactly.

nothing will change. not a single opponent to Rahm coming up. Nobody can compete with him at this point. People even mentioning Karen Lewis makes my skin crawl.

Why would Karen Lewis ever want to be the Mayor. It is a God Aweful no win position. The unions are too strong and the city has no money. They sold parking and have zero to show for it. The Red light cameras are going to explode with the fraud. Glad I don't own a home in Chicago.

1 big fat word. Ego.

Real question. Can anyone think of a solution that ISN'T painful? IMO unions and taxpayers will have to both take a painful hit.

(07-30-2014 05:57 PM)niuguy Wrote:  Real question. Can anyone think of a solution that ISN'T painful? IMO unions and taxpayers will have to both take a painful hit.

No but they just keep raising taxes and fees. The red light camera thing was for more revenue. Rather than addressing the SPENDING problem, they keep kicking can down the road.

(07-31-2014 07:15 AM)klake87 Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 05:57 PM)niuguy Wrote:  Real question. Can anyone think of a solution that ISN'T painful? IMO unions and taxpayers will have to both take a painful hit.

No but they just keep raising taxes and fees. The red light camera thing was for more revenue. Rather than addressing the SPENDING problem, they keep kicking can down the road.

That's a non answer. How would you fix the spending problem in a way that isn't painful.

(07-31-2014 06:15 PM)niuguy Wrote:  

(07-31-2014 07:15 AM)klake87 Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 05:57 PM)niuguy Wrote:  Real question. Can anyone think of a solution that ISN'T painful? IMO unions and taxpayers will have to both take a painful hit.

No but they just keep raising taxes and fees. The red light camera thing was for more revenue. Rather than addressing the SPENDING problem, they keep kicking can down the road.

That's a non answer. How would you fix the spending problem in a way that isn't painful.

There is no way to fix it without pain. The problem is the REAL fix is to reform government. Wages, benefits etc. Our elected officials don't want to do this because the unions scream. The officials get their campaign money etc, from the unions. The taxpayer gets screwed...until Chicago becomes Detroit then the courts do the dirty work. Raising taxes, fees, fines is not the way to solve the problem.

(07-30-2014 01:29 PM)klake87 Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 01:07 PM)Turner4Heisman Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 01:05 PM)klake87 Wrote:  

(07-30-2014 12:05 PM)Turner4Heisman Wrote:  Less painful during election season coming up......

And then next year the real estate tax hike.

exactly.

nothing will change. not a single opponent to Rahm coming up. Nobody can compete with him at this point. People even mentioning Karen Lewis makes my skin crawl.

Why would Karen Lewis ever want to be the Mayor. It is a God Aweful no win position. The unions are too strong and the city has no money. They sold parking and have zero to show for it. The Red light cameras are going to explode with the fraud. Glad I don't own a home in Chicago.

I do not see Karen Lewis getting much flack from the unions (or the unions getting any resistance from her). It would be really tough to hide who really runs the city, if that happened.