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-Land of the Free

Mayor Lori Lightfoot proposes doubling city’s tax on food and drinks at restaurants

2019-10-21

There’s absolutely no way this could possibly have unexpected repercussions.

[Chicago Tribune] Mayor Lori "Groot" Lightfoot will propose a tax hike on all food and drinks sold in reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown

reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown

...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel...
restaurants to help shrink a massive estimated $838 million shortfall in the 2020 budget.

The proposal would double the current .25% tax on food and drinks sold at retail establishments and restaurants, the mayor’s office said. Aldermen will need to approve the increase, which would kick in Jan. 1.

Lightfoot anticipates the increase brings in an extra $20 million in 2020, according to her administration.

"As part of a number of revenue solutions we are contemplating, we are asking those dining out to chip in an additional 25 cents for every $100 restaurant tab," Lightfoot said in a statement. "These and other responsible solutions will help the city secure dedicated revenues which are necessary for repairing our financial challenges in 2020 and for the long term."

The tax Lightfoot wants to raise is but a fraction of the levy Chicago diners pay every time they eat out. The sales tax in Chicago is 10.25 percent, one of the highest in the nation. The current .25 city tax is on top of that, as is a a 1% food and beverage tax for the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority that is levied at downtown restaurants as well as the two airports.

Posted by:Fred

#14 Yes! And the proceeds of this Hair Tax could be put into a sacred, untouchable ~~trust fund~~ locksbox and used to repair the ongoing fallout from slavery and other misdeeds of the wicked wig-wearing founders, under a program called... um... um... "Government Redistribution of Weavery."

Posted by: Gramp Brown5117 2019-10-21 14:54

#13 How about a "Hair" tax. Agents could go around measuring the length of your hair and taxing it per each 1/16 of an inch. Let's hear it for bald women.

Posted by: Clyde Dribble8052 2019-10-21 12:35

#12 You're missing a bet, Lori. I just have one word to tell you... "Air".

Posted by: Mercutio 2019-10-21 08:54

#11 "As part of a number of revenue solutions we are contemplating, we are asking those dining out to chip in an additional 25 cents for every $100 restaurant tab,"

You're not 'asking', you're taking, ya freakin' weasel. This broad's gonna make people wish Rahm Emmanuel was back as mayor.

Posted by: Raj 2019-10-21 07:57

#10 never less spending; always more taking

Posted by: Bob Grorong1136 2019-10-21 07:48

#9 Another sign of the parasite overwhelming the host.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-10-21 07:38

#8 MORE MORON'S in charge?

Posted by: ranture 2019-10-21 05:28

#7 Democrats attempt to resolve all fiscal challenges through tax increases.

Posted by: Besoeker 2019-10-21 03:16

#6 I'd guess she's unhappy that there is some middle class still left in Chicago.

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-10-21 03:05

#5 http://heyjackass.com/

This site needs to be posted far and wide.

Posted by: Herb McCoy 2019-10-21 03:02

#4 Urban hunting licenses? I like that.

Posted by: Vespasian Angomoting1359 2019-10-21 02:16

#3 A tax on shooting people would raise more money.

Posted by: SteveS 2019-10-21 01:23

#2 Light Cognitive, more appropriate.

Posted by: Alaska Paul 2019-10-21 01:01

#1 That is a tax against the poor.

Posted by: 3dc 2019-10-21 00:43

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