Do You Think Fois Gras and Trans Fat Enforcement Will Pay For Itself?
September 19th, 2007 at 12:52 pm by CrankyAnother city trashed by progressives.
The proposal asks for increases in service and sales taxes. To retailers in Chicago, that means a sales tax would go from nine percent to 11 percent. Some are concerned that an even greater tax will send tourists and shoppers elsewhere.
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The two-percent increase comes on top of the nine percent, which is almost a 30 percent increase in the sales tax.
Meanwhile, my beloved Philadelphia wants to deal with the deadly plastic bag crisis which plagues it. I guess when you can’t do anything about the murder rate, you always can point to plastic bags as an accomplishment of your tenure.
Note to Barry – I’m so over you, b*tch.