Imagine a corporation so catastrophically mismanaged that its entire board revolts, its shareholders refuse to pay, and its CEO is crowned the "worst executive" in the nation. Now, imagine that corporation is America's third-largest city. As we speak, Chicago stands on the brink of an unprecedented government collapse. The trains could halt, garbage might pile up, and the lights at City Hall could flicker out. For decades, progressive urban policies have been warned as unsustainable, destined to crumble. Well, that future has arrived in Chicago, and it’s a disaster of epic proportions.
- Chicago is on the verge of an economic, social, and political collapse.
- Mayor Brandon Johnson's radical policies are driving businesses away.
- The Democrat-led City Council is rebelling against his disastrous budget proposal.
At the heart of this chaos is Chicago’s ultra-woke mayor, Brandon Johnson. Not elected for his executive prowess, Johnson was a paid organizer for the Chicago Teachers Union. He emerged as the darling of the far-left, elected on promises to "tax the rich" and "invest in people" over policing. He didn't mask his ideology; he flaunted it. And now, Chicagoans are learning the harsh lesson of what happens when a woke activist takes the helm of a $16 billion municipal corporation: he drives it straight off a fiscal cliff.
Earlier this month, in December 2025, Johnson confronted a daunting $1.2 billion budget shortfall. A competent mayor would scrutinize spending, identifying cuts to regain fiscal control. Chicago, bloated with excess, could start by trimming the $600 million spent on illegal migrants or reducing its oversized administrative apparatus. Instead, Johnson did as ideologues do—he doubled down. Rather than cut costs, he proposed a "Head Tax," penalizing businesses $400 per employee hired. This economic folly defies a basic principle: you get more of what you subsidize and less of what you tax. Does Johnson want flourishing businesses and skyrocketing employment? Apparently not, as he's penalizing businesses for hiring!
This would be one thing if Chicago were a bustling business hub. But in reality, businesses are fleeing en masse. An astonishing 80 of Chicago's 98 neighborhoods have lost at least 10% of their businesses over the past decade. The Magnificent Mile, once a commercial jewel, has seen a 50% business exodus. A city cannot thrive without a vibrant business sector. When businesses depart, they take with them corporate tax revenue and jobs, leaving behind abandoned properties and shrinking local economies. This economic exodus ripples through society, contracting neighborhoods, diminishing education quality, and degrading life for everyone.
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So, what’s Johnson’s solution? To fine the companies that remain for creating jobs. His budget proposal was so extreme that even his Democrat-dominated City Council rejected it with near unanimity. Chicagoans see Johnson’s budget as absurd. Democrats are revolting against the very platform their party has long championed. Mayor Johnson embodies the Democrats' vision of social engineering through government spending, nurturing citizen dependence while expanding government power. Johnson is the patron saint of Democrat policies, yet the City Council has gone rogue. They are crafting their own budget to bypass the Mayor, knowing his tax hikes will trigger a taxpayer exodus, turning a trickle into a flood.
The most damning numbers aren’t in the budget; they’re in the polls. Brandon Johnson is "America’s Worst Mayor," with a dismal 14% approval rating. Alarmingly, he’s losing support among Black Chicagoans, his claimed base, with approval plummeting to 38%. Ideology doesn’t pick up the trash, curb carjackings, pay rent, create jobs, or grow the economy.
Town halls are erupting with lifelong Chicagoans demanding federal oversight, some even calling for intervention from the Department of Justice or ironically, Donald Trump. When deep-blue voters plead for help against their "progressive" mayor, it signals a failed experiment. This is "Ideological Capture" at work—Johnson cannot pivot or cut spending, trapped by a worldview that idolizes government spending as the sole moral action. Out of money and out of ideas, he resorts to holding the city hostage to his dogma.
Chicago faces a "doom loop": raise taxes to cover deficits, businesses flee, tax revenue falls, deficits grow, and taxes rise again—an endless, destructive cycle. The Mayor is flooring the gas in a car stuck in the mud, bewildered by the smoking engine. Chicago’s tragedy isn’t a lack of resources; it’s a world-class city misused as a laboratory for a philosophy that rejects reality. If Chicago collapses, it won’t merely mark a management failure. It will stand as a monument to the failure of an idea. Voters are learning the hard way that while you can vote yourself into socialism, escaping it requires arduous effort. Watch closely as Chicago may become a cautionary tale for any city believing it can tax, spend, and lecture its way to prosperity.
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