Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson claimed that poverty and violence in the city were caused by 'large corporations' not paying enough in taxes.
Chicago mayor-elect Brandon Johnson claimed that poverty and violence in the city were caused by "large corporations" not paying enough in taxes.put the blame on violence and poverty in the Windy City on big corporations.
Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson argued that low investment in Chicago has led to poverty, which in turn caused violence. When pressed for how Johnson would pay for some of his progressive policy proposals, Johnson said that he would not"raise property taxes," calling that a"lazy form of governance." Instead, the money for his policies would come from the wealthy, or just those who"have the means" to pay taxes, according to Johnson.
"You know, the words that President Biden indicated in his Union Address, he said that a teacher and a firefighter should not pay the same tax rate as a millionaire and a billionaire."
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