Both the city and state are basically broke

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Post #329,623

by lincoln

7/14/10 12:07:55 PM

Both the city and state are basically broke

to the tune of billions, so rather than stop handing out multi-million dollar contracts to study this or that to political cronies, they're looking for a tax that they can raise that will inflict the least amount of political pain.

"Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from."

-- E.L. Doctorow

Post #329,626

by boxley

7/14/10 12:11:25 PM

makes sense, then collect bribes on the side for exemptions

fat tax in illinois - (boxley) - (5) - July 14, 2010, 10:38:55 AM EDT

I think it's a great idea . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - July 14, 2010, 11:30:41 AM EDT

Both the city and state are basically broke - (lincoln) - (1) - July 14, 2010, 12:07:55 PM EDT

makes sense, then collect bribes on the side for exemptions -NT - (boxley) - July 14, 2010, 12:11:25 PM EDT

Here's an idea: Restructure the corn subsidies - (drook) - July 14, 2010, 12:16:18 PM EDT

Re: fat tax in illinois - (pwhysall) - July 14, 2010, 03:40:15 PM EDT

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