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Posts tagged "sales tax"

Illinois, short of cash, aims to give away more money

The state of Illinois is facing a $13 billion budget deficit and owes its suppliers (many of them in Illinois) more than $4 billion, so what does the Illinois House do? Pass legislation that will put the state up to $50 million more into hock. This measure is beyond cynical: It will allow shoppers a... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
May 7, 2010 at 12:56 pm
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Value added tax bad idea

And to make matters worse, try finding this federal tax on a receipt Where will they strike next? Now that we’ve been flattened with the crushing weight of what Democrats imagine is health care reform, what additional burdens will follow? Some say it’ll be “comprehensive” (there’s that word again) immigration reform, providing a “path” for millions of expatriates... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
April 13, 2010 at 1:46 pm
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Cook County commissioners vote to cut in half Stroger sales tax increase

Not far enough. Instead of cutting Todd Stroger’s sales tax increase of one cent on the dollar, the commissioners for the sake of “compromise” settled for a half-cent reduction.Some Cook County Board Chairman Todd Stroger at the board meeting today. (Nancy Stone/ Chicago Tribune) commissioners believed that granting full relief from the levy that gave... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
November 17, 2009 at 2:42 pm
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Stroger's Cook County sales tax remains!

And you thought that Todd Stroger was Chuckles the Clown. Somehow (anyone have a guess?) he (or someone) persuaded Commissioner Deborah Sims to reverse her previous support of a rollback. Now she says she’s against the rollback because she doesn’t know what it will mean. Story here in the Sun-Times... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
September 1, 2009 at 3:10 pm
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