Tax and spend Democrats in Cook County raised taxes in that populous Illinois county enough to increase the budget by 11.3% – and Board President Toni Preckwickle says more tax hikes are on deck for next year to continue growing the big city, Democrat government.
Hopefully they’ve allotted some money to defend the lawsuit that will surely be filed against the new AMMO TAX. One cent per round for rimfire, and five cents per round for centerfire. That’s as much as a 25-33% increase in the cost of some ammunition in Cook County, effective immediately. Can you say “Poll Tax”?
Yes, Cook County now has a 10.25% sales tax, a higher hotel tax and new smoking-related taxes and other taxes.
Will Cook County residents ever tire of this and quit re-electing these big government, tax and spend liberal Democrats?
(Chicago Tribune) – Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle‘s $4.5 billion budget won approval Wednesday, and people who shop, stay in hotels and file lawsuits will be paying more next year.
Overall county spending is expected to increase by about $500 million under a budget commissioners approved 12-5. The spending plan depends on a penny-on-the-dollar sales tax increase, a new 1 percent tax on hotels and $20 in additional fees for each lawsuit filed.
Preckwinkle’s budget also includes a 20-cents-per-milliliter tax on the liquids that fuel electronic cigarettes and a bullet tax that ranges from 1 cent to 5 cents per round, depending on the type of ammunition.
All told, the tax hikes are expected to bring in nearly $512 million a year, with the bulk of that — $474 million — coming from the sales tax increase. Come Jan. 1, Chicago once again will have a sales tax rate of 10.25 percent, the highest among big U.S. cities.
After the vote, Preckwinkle told commissioners she knew “it was a difficult process for all of you,” then issued a warning.
“We have, I must say, tough budgets ahead of us, and as someone pointed out earlier, we’re going to have to begin next week in planning for the budget for 2017, which will be similarly challenging,” said Preckwinkle, who has not ruled out future tax hikes.
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