Institute for the Public Good

Institute for the Public Good: City Council's alternative budget trades taxing large corporations for regressive fees and taxes.

Analysis by the Institute for the Public Good finds the “Alternative Budget Proposal” trades taxing large corporations for increases in regressive fees and taxes for everyday Chicago residents.

“Cost efficiencies” in city healthcare benefit cuts, would sharply increase the cost of care for tens of thousands of Chicago city workers

Community Safety Surcharge Less Than a Rounding Error Compared to Trump Tax Cuts For Chicago’s Largest Payers

Institute for the Public Good Statement on the Mayor’s Budget Proposal

Institute for the Public Good: Modernizing Chicago’s Head Tax Could Raise $400 Million

Institute for the Public Good calls on City Hall to stop nickel-and-diming working families with regressive fees and instead tax the corporations that benefit from our city’s infrastructure.

Institute for the Public Good Responds to Chicago Budget Report

The Financial Future Task Force report leans on regressive fees, worker cuts, and state-imposed limits—instead of maximizing proven progressive revenue sources like the head tax.