What won’t Brandon Johnson tax ?

[mspart]

A tax on Meta will be passed on to the advertisers who will then raise their prices on the rest of us as we buy their products.   Joe taxpayer pays all the taxes.   Businesses don't pay a thing unless they decide to absorb the cost.   Very few businesses can or will do this.  

mspart

[Scouts Honor]

16 hours ago, Caveira said:

A lot of people are wondering are those real gambling winnings or something else.  But I do agree he should pay on his winnings.  If true. 
 

if I won 1.5 million at black jack or poker I would have a more concrete story.  
 

But ya. 

union tributes 

[Caveira]

2 minutes ago, Scouts Honor said:

union tributes 

Taxes taxes and more taxes 

 

[Lipdrag]

1 hour ago, Caveira said:

Taxes taxes and more taxes 

 

I am calling BS on this.  No one should begrudge Pritzker his winnings.  IF he does not pay the 50% or so combined federal and state taxes he owes on the win then we can throw around terms like hypocrite.  But winning is no sin.  

[Caveira]

11 minutes ago, Lipdrag said:

I am calling BS on this.  No one should begrudge Pritzker his winnings.  IF he does not pay the 50% or so combined federal and state taxes he owes on the win then we can throw around terms like hypocrite.  But winning is no sin.  

I think he declared it.  There is a video of him vaguely saying how he won it.   

[red viking]

3 minutes ago, Caveira said:

I think he declared it.  There is a video of him vaguely saying how he won it.   

Congrats to him. Must be a smart guy. Winning that much playing black Jack takes some intelligence, and guts. 

[Viratas]

The question is, was his starting cash his or the Tax Payers lol......

[Caveira]

2 minutes ago, Viratas said:

The question is, was his starting cash his or the Tax Payers lol......

Or the $ he saved trying to cheat the state out of his property taxes … toilet gate 

[mspart]

I think he said he was going to give it all to charity.   You can be sure he will deduct as much as he can for that.  I have no problem with that but for a guy that says the rich should pay their fair share to go and do something like that, that just reeks.  

mspart

[Lipdrag]

1 minute ago, mspart said:

I think he said he was going to give it all to charity.   You can be sure he will deduct as much as he can for that.  I have no problem with that but for a guy that says the rich should pay their fair share to go and do something like that, that just reeks.  

mspart

Do something like what?  Win at poker?  NOT A SIN.  Giving the money to charity?  The charity will probably use it better than the government.  NOT A SIN.  Isn't it dogma on the conservative side that charities do better than government at helping people anyway?  Pritzker has enough flaws to attack that no one should self-buffoonerate by focusing on this.

[mspart]

33 minutes ago, Lipdrag said:

Do something like what?  Win at poker?  NOT A SIN.  Giving the money to charity?  The charity will probably use it better than the government.  NOT A SIN.  Isn't it dogma on the conservative side that charities do better than government at helping people anyway?  Pritzker has enough flaws to attack that no one should self-buffoonerate by focusing on this.

I was pretty clear.   I said nothing about the fairness of his winnings.   I said nothing about giving to charity other than that he will take a tax writeoff for it.   He wants the rich to pay their fair share in taxes.   I just see hypocrisy there.  

Will he or will he not deduct the gift to charity on his taxes?

mspart

[Caveira]

New list of suggested Brandon Johnson / rich tax dodger Pritzker new ideas for more taxes …. Pay pay pay pay   Pay more and then pay some more….. 

Just in -more bad news: Illinois Democrats in have just presented their new “Wish List” of 13 New Tax and Fee Hikes to Fund Chicago Transit [List]

Democrats want $1.5 Billion for fund Chicago mass transit. Most of these taxes would be paid by everyone in the state of Illinois 

Here is the list (*)

    - $1 surcharge on all tolls
    - $1 delivery charge for items delivered to people’s doors for orders that exceed $100
     - 25-cent increase in CTA fares for trains and buses in the City of Chicago
    - 10% tax on all rideshare trips within the Chicago Transit region (Uber, Lyft, etc.)
    - ticket surcharge of $5-$10 on large event tickets at venues that can seat more than 10,000 people
    - 25% surcharge on tolls to be paid one time per day
    - fee of 3-cents per kw/h tax on electric vehicle charging at public charging stations
    - new real estate transfer tax of $1.50 per every $500 for all property sales in the collar counties (Cook County already has this tax in place)
    - new tax on services (haircuts, oil changes, etc.)
    - payroll tax (head tax) for those working in the City of Chicago
    - Increased speed camera usage in the RTA Region
    - new tax on vehicle sales
    - An increase in the RTA sales tax paid in the RTA region

State Senator Craig Wilcox says:

"We could see transit legislation during the second week of veto session (October 28-30) or possibly early in 2026."

"Last week during a committee hearing in Springfield, a new “wish list” of revenue proposals was introduced as possible sources to solve the public transit fiscal cliff and fund an improved public transit system in the future. As a reminder, the public transit region in Illinois includes the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will."

(*) Source: newsletter (linked in first comment) by Illinois Senator Craig Wilcox ...thank you Craig!!!

Edited 18 hours ago by Caveira