The greater than 3,000 participants of our union, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 308, like to mention “we move Chicago” — actually. We are the CTA workers who get you the place you want to head at the rails and who blank and disinfect the educate vehicles and stations.
Anyone who rides the ‘L’ is aware of that we’re very important, however the pandemic has introduced that truth to the vanguard. Nationwide, greater than 100 ATU participants have died of COVID-19, seven of them right here in Chicago.
Like different very important employees, we’re at the activity in spite of the dangers. But once we go searching, we see rich other folks who aren’t doing their percentage. The millionaires and billionaires are getting richer, however with regards to taxes, they aren’t paying their section. And as a result of they don’t, there’s now not sufficient investment for the hospitals, the social services and products and, sure, the trains and buses our area depends on on a daily basis.
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A vote we solid q4 could make a distinction. Voting sure for the truthful tax constitutional modification will make the wealthiest pay just a little extra in taxes on source of revenue over $250,000, whilst operating other folks who make not up to that may get a tax minimize.
I’m vote casting sure as a result of, by means of lifting the weight off center elegance and deficient folks, it’s a concrete manner we will do one thing for the very important employees who serve us all.
The truthful tax earnings raised from the millionaires and billionaires will lend a hand operating folks in each and every a part of Illinois. I grew up in East St. Louis; since transferring to the Chicago space, I’ve lived within the west suburbs, in Englewood and Hyde Park at the South Side, and now within the south suburbs.
I’ve observed wishes in each and every a type of communities, and the truthful tax modification isn’t simply communicate. It’s actual motion towards fairness between the wealthy and the remainder of us, in addition to our justifiable share of investment for our neighborhoods and the services and products we’d like.
ATU participants transfer Chicago. With truthful tax reform, everybody can lend a hand transfer Illinois.
Deborah Lane, secretary-treasurer
Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 308
Attacking Tammy Duckworth
The Republican assault canine Tucker Carlson is going after a double amputee veteran, Tammy Duckworth, who serves as our senator and there isn’t a peep of shock?
He puzzled her patriotism. From Democrats and Republicans, no person? Hey, Tucker, you by no means served your nation. Carlson does the bidding of our draft-dodging president, who mistreated a Gold Star circle of relatives, attacked Sen. John McCain for being captured in Vietnam, and so on.
Really patriotic, that Republican Party. Really love our vets. Until they discuss fact to energy.
Edward Juillard, Morgan Park
Drug prohibition is the issue
I’ve a pork.
Most, or no less than a lot, of the gun violence in Chicago and different American towns is led to by means of drug gangs. Drug gang participants are hired and dwelling off the end result of drug prohibition coverage and illicit markets which might be inherently violent, very aggressive. It’s survival of the nastiest.
It bothers me that our political leaders level to each and every different purpose however now not the dominant one: drug prohibition. It is the elephant within the room, the similar elephant casting its shadow of doom, hopelessness and gloom over all the global.
Al Capone should be smiling from his grave to peer his legacy and philosophy of existence rejuvenated: I’m a businessman. I simply give the folk what they would like.
We ask our leaders to prevent the violence, however each and every chief is assigned that responsibility on the similar time society says, drug prohibition is a given.
And there’s the rub. There’s my pork.
Society can’t have the drug struggle transfer tuned “ON” and the gun violence grew to become “OFF.” Same transfer. Simple as that.
James E. Gierach, Palos Park