Outline

Here is the outline of the book.

Section 1

Preface – Why This Book

Section 2

Updates for 2024 – All the revenue solutions have been refreshed with estimates of the revenues that COULD HAVE been realized since the book’s publication in 2016.

Section 3

How to Think About Budgets – Ralph Martire of the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability. 

Section 4 – Money That is Stolen From Us – Money That We Did Not Have To Spend (Or keep spending)

1. The Cost of Corruption in Chicago – Prof. Dick Simpson, University of Illinois at Chicago and Thomas J. Gradel, investigative reporter.
2. The Cost of Toxic Bank Deals – Jackson Potter, Chicago Teachers Union. 
3. The Cost of Police Abuse – Jamie Kalven, Invisible Institute.

Section 5 – Money That Is Hidden From Us (We know they are collecting it, we can’t find it)

1. Tax Increment Financing – Billions Off the Books – Tom Tresser.

Section 6. Money We Are Not Collecting (But should)

1. A Progressive Income Tax For Illinois – Hilary Denk, Co-Chair, Issues Committee of the Board of the League of Women Voters of Illinois. 
2. What a LaSalle Street Tax Would Do For Chicago – Ron Baiman, Assistant Professor of Economics in the Graduate Business Administration program at Benedictine University and William Barclay, Adjunct Professor at the Liautaud College of Business Administration at the University of Illinois, Chicago.
3. A Public Bank For Chicago – Amara Enyia, former candidate for mayor in the 2015 election, urban development consultant, CEO of ACE Municipal Partners. 

Section 7. Conclusion

Final Box Score Total of Proposed Revenues and Call To Action – Jonathan Peck, President and CEO of the CivicLab reflects on all the ideas in the book and suggest some Next Steps.

The book was designed by Alison Sustarich of Tiny Bold Creative.