Progressive Taxation

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Chicago Mayor’s Homelessness Solution Fails to Convince Voters

Chicagoans last month rejected a hefty real estate tax hike meant to fund assistance for the city’s 68,000 homeless people, dealing a blow to Mayor Brandon Johnson’s progressive economic agenda. Fifty-two percent of voters said no to a March 19 referendum that sought to increase the transfer tax on properties over $1 million, claiming that […]

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