Ouch! Chicago Just Got More Expensive March 3, 2008
Posted by Steve in : Weblog , add a commentAs one of the top global cities in the world, Chicago has been viewed by many as a livable New York, and a less expensive one at that. However, our elected Democratic officials continue to spend, spend, spend on the backs of hard working Chicagoans, with no regard for the cost to its citizens.
Early Saturday, Cook County Board President Todd Stroger struck a deal with board members, who approved a 1 percent increase in the sales tax - driving Chicago’s overall sales tax to double digits at 10.25 percent, easily among the highest of any big city. And it will be enacted just in time for the Christmas shopping season. Business leaders and others predicted immediate negative ramifications. “Chicago now has the unfortunate notoriety of having the highest sales tax in the country, and our region will now be a more expensive place to visit, live, work and operate a business,” said Jerry Roper, head of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce. “The people of our region should be outraged.”.
Do Todd Stroger and the other Cook County officials not think that people will take ride out to Lake County to Costco, Target, Wal-Mart and other stores for their much lower 7% sales tax?
Raise Your Prices or I’ll Sue! May 9, 2007
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Can this be a market driven economy or one driven by the oil companies? Can you believe this story? It sounds like a classic scene from a mob story — “Raise your prices or I’ll ……..sue!” Thank GodI live in the city, have a Honda Pilot that gets 25 MPG and I only fill up twice a month (its one of the perks of city living — as well as all the great things in a world-class city like Chicago)
MERRILL, Wis. - A service station that offered discounted gas to senior citizens and people supporting youth sports has been ordered by the state to raise its prices. Center City BP owner Raj Bhandari has been offering senior citizens a 2 cent per gallon price break and discount cards that let sports boosters pay 3 cents less per gallon.
But the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection says those deals violate Wisconsin’s Unfair Sales Act, which requires stations to sell gas for about 9.2 percent more than the wholesale price.” Bhandari said he received a letter from the state auditor last month saying the state would sue him if he did not raise his prices. The state could penalize him for each discounted gallon he sold, with the fine determined by a judge.
