Emanuel to ask residents to pay $9.50 monthly Chicago garbage bill?

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41. I fully agree with you and that is a part of my post.

This is direct taxation. Proper assistance programs will skew cost more toward the wealthy. Will Rahm aggressively fight for these assistance programs? I think so. I think he is one of the slimiest politicians out there. Instead of raising taxes he makes it direct pay. The wealthy don't give a shit about the ten dollar cost and somehow won't see it as a tax. Then Rahm busts ass with the legislature producing one or two assistance programs. Then those benefiting think the government is releasing their burden. The true politicians way of doing business.

Judging what I can from your comment I'm going to go out on a limb and say we agree to the original point. The best way to cover it all is to raise taxes on the rich. It has to happen. But that doesn't mean anything I previously said is republican or conservative. With assistance programs it can easily be viewed as progressive taxation.

Being a progressive doesn't mean chains are bounding us on how to move forward. Not saying you said it does. But there is more than one way to do things all while achieving a progressive outcome. You are right that there is a much better way to accomplish what they are doing.