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Re: Chicago successfully taxes streaming services

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Check out downtown Chicago and the western suburbs. Prices are not going down. If anything, they’re more inflated than ever.

I specifically conditioned out that situation: >except for certain few rich areas in and around the big cities that the richer populace is “escaping to”

Sorry I didn't pick up on that. The areas I refer to in the Chicago western suburbs aren't particularly rich (Aurora, IL, for example).

Re: Chicago successfully taxes streaming services

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Have you spoken to any police officers lately about their jobs? My next-door neighbor in my hometown was a state policeman who had guns and knives pulled on him several times in his career (during ordinary traffic stops, no less). If you're a cop working in a high-crime area, you're going to be dealing with the worst of society on a daily basis. I'm very thankful that my computer can't sporadically decide to physical…

We pay soldiers who literally go into war zones less than what we pay officers typically. I'm if the opinion that we should pay soldiers more and gurantee lifetime healthcare for soldiers, but at this time it does put the actual risk into perspective. Healthcare workers are also routinely put into danger, as are security guards, and really any position that deals with the public on a regular basis. I'm not sure polic…

This just happened in SF the other day:

https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/br09xb/bystander_vi...

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