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Instead of increasing parking fees, cities in Illinois decided to tax food

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Instead of increasing parking fees, cities in Illinois decided to tax food

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More than half of Illinois communities have enacted a local grocery tax - IPM Newsroom

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Pritzker signed bill eliminating statewide tax, allowing local governments to create their own.

Increasing parking fees would have been fairer.

Nope. They decided to tax groceries 🤦

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The investment revenue generated from JB Pritzker’s billions in one day is probably enough to pay for the food programs in many small Illinois towns.

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