Sometimes I wonder why taxes are so much higher in big cities than in smaller ones. Is it the need for an increased police presence due to more crime? That plays a part. Is it the need to pay prevailing wages for any work that is being done? Undoubtedly, that's also a part.
Here's another one, though, that would be much easier to fix if only the city council wasn't comprised completely of liberal to left-wing Democrats: the stupid spending programs. Why does our city need this when others don't?
The plan calls for City Hall to expand an emergency rental assistance program to support up to three months of rent and moving expenses for eligible tenants evicted after a landlord’s foreclosure.
Pro-bono legal services provided to evicted tenants by the Lawyer’s Committee for Better Housing will be expanded. And the city is prepared to launch a tenant outreach program as soon as Gov. Blagojevich signs a bill on his desk that broadens the umbrella of protections for impacted renters.
Awesome. They keep raising taxes to pay for this crap and then they wonder why they get a budget shortfall (hint: people do whatever they can to avoid the taxes). Then just just raise them more and more. The city needs this new program exactly why? Especially with this $400 million budget hole this year!
The comments at the bottom of the article give me some hope, as I see that I'm not the only one who has the same reaction to news like this.
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