Chicago Sales Tax Hits Record-High 10.25 Percent

Wait 'll General Baracky and the Obamita climb on to the balcony of the Casa Rosada.

With melancholy and regret, I can report that Cook County is no longer Democrat or a democracy. It has become a dynasty. Durng last Spring's campaign Cook County John Stroger was struck down with a stroke. As in olden European monarchies a blackout come over his condition and the operation of his Office. Finally, in July a startling announcement that Chairman Stroger was unable to fulfill his duties and had turned over his duties to the most qualified person in Cook County, Todd Stroger--His son. Todd Stroger was heretofore little known. He proceeded to continue the campaign and beat a token Republican candidate.
After winning election Chairman Todd Stroger took on the trappings of monarchy including refusing to ride the same elevator as the common masses, surrounding himself with bodyguards and sycophants, providing hinself with all the amenities of royalty. In his conduct of affairs, it was always his way or no way. He finally rammed through an onerous regressive sales tax to extend his army of patronage workers to assure his re-election. In the meantime the people of the County are struggling to keep ahead of inflation, a quarter percent sales tax for regional transportation and outrageous property taxes to pay for union controlled firemen, policemen, and teachers. The benefits of public servants are about 40 percent of the salaries.
When the pubic bureaucracies of our Country join hands with the emerging concentrated wealth, dynasty and aristocracy will become one. Our pretensions of self rule will be all but erased forever.

If you think 10.25% is bad, get ready for the "Fair Tax" from the regressives. Add 23% sales (oops I mean fair) tax. So those of you who spend everything you earn can pay that tax on every dollar you earn while the uber rich who actually spend a small portion of their income pay tax on only that amount. Sounds fair to me Huckabee et al.

The Chicago mess has nothing to do with Dem politics. It's the worthless, unqualified son of Stroger, who himself was a patronage king, getting voted into dad's old job to be a placeholder, and keeping up the same cronyism. Little Todd came into office pledging to pare down the bloated Cook County budget and hack jobs, and instead he added a couple of thousand jobs, giving many to cronies and the wives and friends and children of cronies. He had no business getting the job in the first place, and has no business keeping it. He's completely ignored his promise to cut wasteful spending. He needs to go. The idiot IL gov, and the idiot CHicago mayor, need to speak up, instead of supporting this fool.

Isn't that Obama's district?

The shape of things to come?

This makes it easy when you're at a restaurant and you're filling the tip amount in. Since tips are around 20% now, all you have to do is double the sales tax and round up. So...if you've had one or two too many drinks you won't have to hurt your brain by doing any math.
Always a silver lining!!

I'm suprised by the comments here. I thought "progressives" LOVED taxes. Perhaps "progressives" only like taxes that others have to pay...yea, that's probably it.

Tithing to a city government. Chicago gets the first fruits.

10.25%. That's outragous.

Oh yeah, I forgot, Chicago is run by Democrats. This is normal. They are doing the same thing in the Cleveland area too.

These dopey politicans keep wondering why business' and tax dollars go to neighboring counties and cities.

I know you Libs want to punish rich people for being successfull, but sales taxes screw EVERYBODY!!!!

SEE California IS NOT a high tax state!!!!!!

Everytime it rains, it rains penny's from heaven...NOT!

As city bonds dry up do to the subprime mess, cities will have to raise taxes to meet the short fall. Weeeee!!! isn't keynes economics and trickle down bullshit, wonderful!!!

Wait until the sub-prime monster shows up. You ain't seen nothing yet.

Note to self,...

If I find myself flying through O'Hare sometime this Christmas season or after,...

Don't buy anything in the airport shops,...