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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 07:14 PM Original message |
Sales tax in Chicago could rise to 11% |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. Property tax crunch is such bullshit |
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MidwestTransplant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 07:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Cook County is totally corrupt and run by incompetent fools. |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 07:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. ya think? today I had to mail a ten dollar check to the Cook County Clerk |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 08:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. I think Chicago property taxes are amazingly low compared |
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superkia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. How about stop wasteful spending instead of raping taxpayers more? |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 08:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. I'm leery, but I agree. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. Sales taxes are regressive taxes. They hurt the working families more than the rich. |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 07:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. ESPECIALLY when sales tax is applied to groceries, as it is in many, if not most, of the red states. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 07:40 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Taxes on groceries outraged my Texan mother to no end! |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. Ah, that blows. |
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rusty quoin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. I never heard of such a thing. |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
7. What a great job it will do! Whatever you do - don't raise property taxes instead... |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
8. Jaysus - I thought 7.75% in OC was bad |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 07:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. no kidding! Our 7.75 looks almost reasonable compared to that. |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 07:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Truly - my head just exploded! |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
12. What is the sales tax rate in Cook County now? |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 07:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I think it depends on what town you're buying something in. I spent |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 08:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. That is outrageous! |
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bain_sidhe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
18. What, are there no smokers in Chicago? |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 09:19 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. $7.50-$8.50 a pack |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 09:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Wow!!! i buy them at Costco or Walgreens and they average about $3.79 a pack. |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 09:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. please, please stop. my mother |
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