An american city named DeKalb, Illinois says it desperately needs money. But the city council so far refuses to tax gas stations or increase parking fees. Instead, they consider a tax on groceries.

davriellelouna@lemm.ee · edit-2 5 days ago

An american city named DeKalb, Illinois says it desperately needs money. But the city council so far refuses to tax gas stations or increase parking fees. Instead, they consider a tax on groceries.

FlexibleToast@lemmy.world · 5 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.net · edit-2 4 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.

FlexibleToast@lemmy.world · 5 days ago

You need to be careful though. The rich people in DeKalb are the farmers. Taxing them is taxing food.