{"id":1932877,"date":"2023-05-18T01:21:21","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T05:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soros-backed-group-pushes-chicago-mayor-to-slash-funding-for-racist-police-force\/"},"modified":"2023-05-18T01:23:45","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T05:23:45","slug":"soros-backed-group-pushes-chicago-mayor-to-slash-funding-for-racist-police-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soros-backed-group-pushes-chicago-mayor-to-slash-funding-for-racist-police-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Soros-funded group urges Chicago mayor to cut funding for &#8216;racist&#8217; police."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsoros-backed-group-pushes-chicago-mayor-to-slash-funding-for-racist-police-force%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1932877&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Left-Wing Group Urges Chicago Mayor to Defund Police and Raise Taxes on Businesses<\/h2>\n<h3>Introduction<\/h3>\n<p>Chicago is facing a surge in crime rates and a mass exodus of major corporations. In response, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-group-includes-call-to-shoot-republicans-in-letter-to-fcc\/\" title=\"Liberal Group Includes Call to \u2018Shoot Republicans\u2019 in Letter to FCC\">left-wing group funded<\/a> by Democratic megadonors George Soros and Pierre Omidyar is calling on the city&#8217;s far-left mayor to take drastic measures.<\/p>\n<h3>The Action Center&#8217;s Proposal<\/h3>\n<p>The Action Center on Race and the Economy has released a report entitled &#8220;First We Get the Money,&#8221; which urges Mayor Brandon Johnson to cut the police budget by 9% and eliminate 1,000 vacant police positions. The group claims that this will defund what they call a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soros-backed-group-pushes-chicago-mayor-to-slash-funding-for-racist-police-force\/\" title=\"Soros-funded group urges Chicago mayor to cut funding for 'racist' police.\">racist policing system<\/a>.&#8221; Additionally, the Action Center is calling for the city to reimpose a &#8220;head tax&#8221; of $33 per employee on companies with more than 50 workers. The group believes that these measures will raise $12 billion to fund a &#8220;just Chicago&#8221; and &#8220;true community safety.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Democratic Megadonors Backing the Action Center<\/h3>\n<p>This is not the first time that a group backed by the Democratic Party&#8217;s biggest donors has pushed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-headlines-save-america-rally-in-sarasota-fla\/\" title=\"President Trump headlines Save America rally in Sarasota, Fla.\">defund police departments<\/a>. Soros, who funds the pro-defund group Color of Change, contributed $495,000 to the Action Center from 2019 to 2021. Omidyar, the founder of eBay, gave $750,000 to the organization in 2020 and 2021. The Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank with extensive ties to the Biden administration, also gave $75,000 to the Action Center. Other donors include the Ford Foundation and the New Venture Fund.<\/p>\n<h3>Impact on Mayor Brandon Johnson<\/h3>\n<p>The Action Center is likely to have some influence on Johnson, who took office on Monday. Johnson has previously called for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senators-grill-biden-doj-pick-vanita-gupta-over-attacks-on-gop\/\" title=\"GOP senators grill Biden DOJ pick Vanita Gupta over attacks on GOP\">defunding police departments<\/a>. A coauthor of the Action Center report, Saqib Bhatti, reportedly served on Johnson&#8217;s mayoral transition team. During his campaign, Johnson proposed $800 million in new taxes, including a 3.5% tax on people earning more than $100,000 and a 66% increase on hotel taxes.<\/p>\n<h3>Potential Consequences<\/h3>\n<p>The Action Center&#8217;s proposal could exacerbate the problems it aims to address. Chicago had 697 homicides last year, earning it the title of &#8220;Murder Capital of the United States.&#8221; Companies such as Caterpillar, Boeing, Tyson Foods, and Citadel Securities moved their headquarters from Chicago last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gavin-newsom-blames-republicans-for-january-6-riots-in-inaugural-address\/\" title=\"Gavin Newsom Blames Republicans For January 6 Riots In Inaugural Address\">citing high taxes<\/a> and high cost of living as reasons for their exodus.<\/p>\n<h3>Action Center&#8217;s Response<\/h3>\n<p>Bhatti has suggested that the Action Center will continue to push for a radical overhaul. &#8220;We&#8217;re not gonna win these things without a fight,&#8221; Bhatti told the Chicago Sun-Times. &#8220;Entrenched interests and the business community are aligned against us in a major way. So the idea that we shouldn&#8217;t be ambitious, to me, is just political malpractice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Mayor&#8217;s Response<\/h3>\n<p>Johnson&#8217;s office has distanced itself from the Action Center plan, stating that the mayor&#8217;s tax proposals are far less drastic than the Action Center&#8217;s request.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Chicago&#8217;s Decline,&#8221; urges the city&#8217;s mayor to reduce the police force and increase taxes on businesses. The left-wing group is funded by Democratic megadonors George Soros and Pierre Omidyar. 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