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Yes, I’m being a little hyperbolic in calling billions of dollars in tax abatements as a bribe, but that’s the situation in New York.
I will be linking to other people’s commentary in a bit, but I’m pretty pleased that Amazon will not be coming to Queens. This is not...
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Universal Basic Income Pilot In Chicago Takes Cues From California
A Chicago task force dedicated to studying economic inequality released on Thursday its recommendation to explore a guaranteed income pilot and expand the Earned Income Tax Credit.
The recommendations were included in a 50-page report filled with data about stagnant wages...
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This is not intended to pile on… exactly. The news post from this morning I had built up over a week, just throwing in random-ish corruption stuff. The following I found out about right after I posted the morning item, and relates directly to something I wrote before.
Remember my...
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Before I begin with the tax stuff, I feel like preening for a moment: one of my most useful skills is that I can learn from other people’s mistakes. I can watch someone do something ill-advised, see the result, and then say “Hey, I don’t need to try that out!...
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So Jack Dean of Pension Tsunami showed me Fullerton, California’s Popular Annual Financial Report, which is a skinnied-down version of the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (which I love to read) so that normal people can actually read them.
HOWEVER! The display of the numerical information can use some...
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Now we’re opening up to larger issues — to wit, Illinois finances, not only Chicago.
In my prior corruption post, we had the following story:
Brian Hynes: The political insider in the middle of FBI’s Solis investigation
Over the past decade, attorney Brian F. Hynes has gone from being a...
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One complaint I get is I seem to really hate Chicago and Illinois.
I don’t really. It’s just that they give me so much material to work with.
And I’m trying to avoid my own pain.
Because guess what… New York is Number One!
NEW YORK TOPS IN TAXES
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While I rub my hands over the juicy news that Mike Madigan was one of the many recorded on Solis’s wire, let’s get to the next piece of the Ed Burke story: the Workers Compensation Fund. Illinois Policy Institute: CHICAGO ALDERMEN GIVE UP CONTROL OF... by meep
I will be back to beating up on Illinois and Chicago any minute (maybe let them get warmed up again). I want to pull out an item from Taxing Tuesday, and a few other things courtesy John Bury. Before I have my say, just a reminder that if you... by meep
Elizabeth Warren to propose new ‘wealth tax’ on very rich Americans, economist says Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) will propose a new annual “wealth tax” on Americans with more than $50 million in assets, according to an economist advising her on the plan, as Democratic leaders vie for increasingly aggressive solutions...The Undeniable Corruption of Chicago and Illinois: part 2 - Workers Compensation Fund
New Jersey: Battle Over Public Finance Between Democrats
Taxing Tuesday: Save Us Rich People From Senator Candidates
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