| Source | WBEZ |
|---|---|
| Original Load Date | Dec. 12, 2025, 8:02 a.m. |
| Last Updated | Dec. 12, 2025, 8:02 a.m. |
| Original URL | https://www.wbez.org/city-hall/2025/12/12/corporate-head-tax-brandon-johnson-2026-proposed-budget-job-killer-claim |
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For as long as it’s been alive, Chicago’s employer head tax has been derided —
in one colorful way or another — as a job killer.
“It’s much more than a head tax… it’s a scalping tax,” said the late Ald. John
Hoellen (47th) in an hour-long debate four days before Christmas in 1973 when
the council a...