Today could end up being a dreadful one. As I type this, the Cook County Board of Commissioners is meeting and will later vote on whether the nation's second most populous county impose on its 5 million residents the highest sales tax in America.
As I blogged two days ago, key supporters of Todd Stroger in his tough election battle last year, Senators Barack Obama and Dick Durbin, are silent on this issue. Governor Rod Blagojevich, also a Democrat, has made his view public: He's opposed.
Not to be outdone, Chicago is considering raising property taxes for the first time in four years. And they want to add a bottle water and restaurant meals tax, as well as increasing the already high city gasoline tax. Chicago and Cook County residents already have to suffer paying close to the highest prices for gasoline in the nation.
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