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It’s said that a budget is a moral document: The values that fill each cell of the budget spreadsheet represent the values of the author.

Mayor Brandon Johnson expressed a couple of core values when presenting his budget in mid-October. The city would create a permanent $100 million new community safety fund, Johnson said, and big corporations would pay for it.

“The top 3% of the absolute largest businesses in our city, those who have seen tremendous success and exceedingly high profits” would cover the costs, Johnson said. He would charge them a $21-per-employee fee for doing business in Chicago, projecting that to generate $100 million in new taxes each year.

After all, corporations can’t vote — except with their feet. Or by electing n

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