Modernizing the Head Tax
Chicago has a nearly $1B budget crisis. Garbage fees and property tax hikes have been floated to close it instead of touching corporate wealth. The Head Tax is the clearest way to stop balancing the books on working people.
New Revenue Measure Can Close the Budget Gap While Addressing Income Inequality
Institute for the Public Good’s report that outlines a solution to closing the budget gap while addressing income inequality through a new revenue measure that taxes large corporations on high expense payrolls.
This report outlines the revenue measure, as well as a brief on the evolution of corporate taxation and income inequality at both the local and federal level.