Northern Illinois leaders consider reinstating grocery sales tax at local level
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Towns and cities may lose up to $350 million in revenue without the grocery tax.
    • FlexibleToast@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 days ago

      Wealthy, in DeKalb? You won’t get any revenue that way. DeKalb is mostly just a university town. A lot of the people who go to that university commute from Rockford or the Chicago suburbs.

      • Michael@slrpnk.netEnglish
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        3 days ago

        Northern Illinois leaders consider reinstating grocery sales tax at local level

        Seems like it’s going to affect more than DeKalb, see the article title.

        Regardless, I lived in a rural university town myself in the past - much more rural than DeKalb. There were plenty of rich people tucked away in their massive homes. At least enough to raise their taxes just a bit to generate 800k of revenue.

        Tax literally anything instead of food, I say - groceries are high enough and not everybody struggling qualifies for food stamps.