This ARTICLE On Chicago Mayor Seeks Help From Illinois Lawmakers With Budget Shortage Was PUBLISHED On November 12th, 2019
Chicago is in financial chaos. Chicago is the highest taxed city in the Nation.
- The state of Illinois has its share of financial issues
- However, the city of Chicago is bleeding financially
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot has no other solution other than raising taxes
- Not only raising existing taxes, but Lightfoot is creating new taxes to meet its budget deficit
- Back in 2015, Rahm Emanuel increased $7 billion in taxes to fix the pension debt of the city
- However, the $7 billion in tax increases did not make a dent to resolve the pension debt crisis
- The pension debt is much higher today than ever before
- Chicago is scrambling to meet its pension debt crisis with the funds they have budgeting for hiring new police officers
- Until Chicago realizes that you need to cut spending, they are literally running a Ponzi Scheme
- You cannot live large when you do not have the money to support your lifestyle
- Another issue Chicago is having is the mass exodus of its individual taxpayers and businesses
- There are countless businesses that are fed up and are moving to neighboring states and/or states with lower taxes
- For example, Midland Metal Products, a company that has been based in Chicago for the past 98 years has just moved to neighboring Hammond, Indiana
- Chicago lost 150 high-paying jobs. The newly elected Chicago Mayor is in a panic mode
- She seems clueless and lost
In this article, we will cover the Chicago Mayor Seeks Help From Illinois Lawmakers With Budget Shortage.
Chicago Mayor Seeks Help By Asking The State
The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) recently came to a contract settlement with Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
- The CTU contract settlement price tag is $100 million annually
- $100 million Chicago does not have
- A large percentage of the $100 million annually is expected to come by increasing property taxes on homeowners and real estate of businesses
- Lori Lightfoot is out of options because the property tax increases will not be close to covering the budget deficit the city has
- She is planning on asking the state for help
Lori Lightfoot is expecting to ask Illinois lawmakers to pass legislation in giving the city of Chicago the right to increase taxes on real estate property transfers.
Chicago Mayor Seeks Help From Springfield To Increase Taxes
The Chicago real estate property transfers tax is supposed to affect sellers of higher-end properties. The city expects in raising $50 million dollars in the first year and $100 million annually thereafter. Lori Lightfoot is deadset in increasing the real estate property transfers tax and expects the projected additional revenues to possibly increase property taxes. There are 177 state lawmakers in Illinois.
The financial crisis in Chicago is nothing new. The city was running at a deficit for many years. The newly elected Lori Lightfoot inherited a lot of this mess. However, raising taxes and creating new taxes is not the solution. Businesses and taxpayers are fleeing the city in record numbers. Chicago is doing nothing to attract new businesses and new residents like other profitable major cities are.
