Ready???
Starting Aug. 1, Illinois and local sales tax could reach:
Cook (Chicago/Chgo suburbs): 12.25%
Kane: 11.25%
DuPage: 11.00%
Will: 10.50%
Lake: 10.25%
McHenry: 8.75%
EVERYONE, including young people, should be screaming about tax hikes.
The RTA just raised sales taxes across Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties.
Starting Aug. 1, maximum combined state and local sales tax rates could reach:
Cook: 12.25%
Kane: 11.25%
DuPage: 11.00%
Will: 10.50%
Lake: 10.25%
McHenry: 8.75%
This hits everyday purchases: groceries, restaurant meals, prepared food, household goods, clothing, appliances, school supplies, and more.
They claimed transit had a roughly $200M hole. So Springfield handed them a $1.5B bailout and let the RTA raise taxes anyway.
Thatโs not fiscal responsibility.
Thatโs tax hikes for the heck of it.