Chicago’s Suicide Pact — And Why Every Blue-State City Should Be Paying Attention

Taxing Jobs Is a Direct Attack on the Working Class Let’s strip the politics and look at the principle: when you tax something, you get less of it. Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposal to reinstate Chicago’s notorious “head tax” isn’t some creative fix for a $1.15 billion budget shortfall—it’s a full-frontal assault on job creation. Charging businesses $21 per employee per month may sound small to bureaucrats who’ve never met a payroll, but to employers managing tight margins and rising costs, it's one more reason to shrink headcount—or leave entirely. And guess who pays first? Not the corner office. Young, entry-level workers. The ones struggling to get a foothold in a city that’s already priced them out of housing, saddled them…