[Toddsterpatriot]

Cook County sucks.

[Toddsterpatriot]

Ping!

[1rudeboy]

It was funny (sad, actually) to watch the local TV newscasts to present this as “good news.”

[KarlInOhio]

Stores just across the county border are holding parties for their expected increase in sales.

[Neoliberalnot]

The title should read: “Greedy, self-serving politicians steal another part of take home pay from unsuspecting voters.”

[x_plus_one]

The 1 percent sales tax hike will bring in more than $400 million in new cash every year to the county.

This is the sales pitch for the suckers on the city council. Like oil and water, rational human beings will leave the city for greener pastures. Where are the statistics showing the tolerance of Chicagoans for sales taxes? Would anybody care if they showed that higher taxes = less revenue?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

If this is a victory, I’d hate to see what they call a big loser...

[Kenny500c]

Corruption is not a joke like many people believe, it has consequences.

People will not shop in Chicago and the economy will only get worse.

It will affect the poor the most because they can’t go to the ‘burbs to shop.

[Sgt_Schultze]

Unless the previous sales tax rate was about 10.1%, the headline is a lie. If the previous tax rate was 9.25%, the percentage increase to 10.25% amounts to an almost an 11% increase in tax rate. Governments like to tell stupid reporters stupidities, becaues they will be unquestioned.

[CGTRWK]

“We got where we needed to be, and that’s a great victory for the five and a half million people who live and work in Cook County,”

No, it's a great victory for the couple hundred thousand people who work FOR Cook County. It's a kick in the teeth for the rest of 'em.

[dfwgator]

Expect a lot of new stores to open just outside the Cook County line.

[Nonstatist]

that’s a great victory for the five and a half million people who live and work in Cook County,” Stroger stated

Yea, I bet the majority of them feel that way too.