CHICAGO GOES FULL SOCIALIST: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s “Head Tax” Is a Declaration of War on Small Business

Let’s call this what it is — a socialist shakedown of working-class Americans trying to keep the lights on. Mayor Brandon Johnson wants to bring back the failed “head tax” — a job-killing scheme that punishes businesses just for hiring workers. This isn't about closing budget gaps. It's about control, plain and simple. It's about funding the bloated bureaucracy while driving out what little productivity remains in a collapsing city run by ideologues who couldn’t run a lemonade stand without a handout.

They already ran Citadel out. Boeing is gone. Caterpillar? Gone. And now Johnson thinks the answer is more taxes?

This is a war on workers, disguised as justice.
This is economic sabotage, not governance.
And it's part of a bigger playbook by the elites — bleed the producers, coddle the takers, and distract everyone with TikTok and fantasy football.

Let’s dig in.