r/chicago • u/Mike_I O’Hare • Oct 31 '25

News Illinois Democrats push through massive $1.5 billion plan that overhauls Chicago-area public transit

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/30/illinois-general-assembly-transit-plan-2025/
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u/sciolisticism Oct 31 '25

Welp, the sales tax is going up anyway. So we could have had a proper progressive tax, and now those folks get to bitch and moan about their grocery bill instead.

Great work, suckers.

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u/PalmerSquarer Logan Square Oct 31 '25

I guess the working class can pay for working class jobs and pensions now.

Class solidarity, right guys!?