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  • Chicago’s Taxpayer Burden Hits $119k Per Person to Lead US Cities, Report Finds

    Chicago’s Taxpayer Burden Hits $119k Per Person to Lead US Cities, Report Finds0

    In 2015, Chicago imposed a nine percent tax on Netflix and PlayStations. In 2017, Chicago imposed a seven cent bag tax on every single plastic or paper bag used. In fact, Chicago is so thirsty for taxpayer dollars they imposed a five percent tax on bottled water. They even have a special additional tax for

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  • Chicago’s New PlayStation Tax Shows How Greedy Politicians Can Be

    Chicago’s New PlayStation Tax Shows How Greedy Politicians Can Be0

    “If it moves, tax it.” That’s government’s eternal motto, as Ronald Reagan quipped. To this, the city government of Chicago has added, “If it amuses, tax it.” A few weeks ago, PlayStation 4 users in Chicago were shocked when they turned on their consoles and saw a message from Sony. The message informed users that

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  • Chicago: 75% of Murdered Are Black, 71% of Murderers Are Black

    Chicago: 75% of Murdered Are Black, 71% of Murderers Are Black0

    After hearing about a woman attempting to start a sex-strike in Chicago, ultimately based on the Ancient Greek play Lysistrata, to end the gun violence, we thought it would be good to dig into the numbers a little bit. We wish we hadn’t.  Simply put, Chicago has a massive Black-on-Black murder problem. All of the

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  • Chicago: 3 out of 4 Blacks Born out of Wedlock

    Chicago: 3 out of 4 Blacks Born out of Wedlock0

    Regarding the news of four black teens in Chicago livestreaming their kidnapping and torturing of a white, special-needs youth, CNN’s Don Lemon argued that it wasn’t evil, but rather “bad parenting”. While I vehemently disagree with Don regarding the issue of evil, his point about bad parenting is worth looking at deeper. As previously reported

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  • Chicago Unions Fight for Their Survival

    Chicago Unions Fight for Their Survival0

    Classes in Chicago’s public schools were canceled starting Oct. 17 as more than 25,000 teachers in the nation’s third-largest school district went on strike in what they’re calling a fight for “justice and equity” for their students. The strike, the city’s first in seven years, marks what has been a tumultuous year for labor negotiations

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  • Chicago Teachers’ Strike Shows Why We Don’t Need Public Schools

    Chicago Teachers’ Strike Shows Why We Don’t Need Public Schools0

    As the Chicago teachers’ strike continues with no end in sight, 300,000 students spend another day outside of the public school classroom. Chicago’s mayor, Lori Lightfoot, says this is damaging to children. “We need to get our kids back in school,” the mayor said Thursday, CNN reports. “Every day we are out, that hurts our

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