What You Need To Know About Sales Tax »
Posted By y_soitenly 3 months, 2 weeks ago in Business & FinanceOn Tuesday, shoppers in Cook County will notice a bigger bite at the register. That's when the 1 percentage-point increase in Cook County's sales tax goes into effect. Chicago shoppers will pay a 10.25 percent tax on some itemsÃ;¢ââ;;¬"higher than in any other major American city.
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y_soitenly3 months, 2 weeks ago
Thank you, Cook County Board President Todd Stroger, for this sales tax increase that sticks another ruthless spike into peoples hearts.
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Thanks again to all you morons that voted for Todd Stroger!
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y_soitenly3 months, 2 weeks ago
You idiots!
All your going to do with this stupid tax increase is push more people to buy goods out of Chicago and Cook County.
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y_soitenly3 months, 2 weeks ago
Chicago 10.25% downtown Chicago 11.25%
New York 8.37%
Los Angeles 8.25%
Why does it have to be so high?
It's ridiculous!
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ind063 months, 2 weeks ago
Yeesh! Back in 1994-1995 when I was living in downtown Chi-town I used to joke we weren't citizens, we were "revenue enhancement opportunity windows".
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cowboygrandpa3 months, 2 weeks ago
They have to make up for all the tax cuts being given to corporations and the wealthy.
Its the Bush way. Its called supply side economics. They tax you on everyting you need to live. They give tax breaks to the wealthy. Who always know someone they can get it tax free from anyway. So the sales tax is pushed to the consumer.
You know the little guy who pays for the good things he never gets to appreciate. Because he is paying for the rich guys to have them.
Thus the trickle down economic theory. They pis* on the consumers who can't afford tax umbrellas.
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y_soitenly3 months, 2 weeks ago
Wolfie2007,
Re: Don't you sometimes wonder what is wrong with those folks who vote to raise their taxes again and again?
Let me show you a little something here in regards to viewer comments on Todd Stroger's performance...
http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/viewer.commen...
http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/viewer.commen...
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y_soitenly3 months, 2 weeks ago
Wolfie2007,
Umm, Chicago is in Cook County, making it the second largest county by population in the United States (after Los Angeles County, California), it accounts for 43.3% of the state's population. The county seat is Chicago, the principal city of its metropolitan area; Chicago makes up approximately 54% of the population of the county, the rest being provided by various suburbs.
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y_soitenly3 months, 2 weeks ago
Wolfie2007,
The problem with this sales tax increase doesn't lie with Chicago's Mayor Daley.
The problem has to do with Cook County Board President Todd Stroger.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Stroger (See Budget Cuts, Hiring and Tax Increase)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?...
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?...
http://blogs.chicagoreader.com/politics/tag/Todd Stroger/
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