Tax Increases Inbound
From a friend (click for larger version):
And if that wasn't bad enough, there's a bill in Springfield that is purportedly going to cost the average family in Illinois an EXTRA $3,700 per vehicle, per year in "road usage fees:"
- IL SB1938 is still alive and could come up for vote in October. If passed it could tax you up to 30 cents per mile driven. Avg. $3,750 per IL household annually!
As far as we can tell, this is starting out as a "pilot program" to see how easily Illinois lawmakers can steal more money from everyone. They claim it is a possible replacement for the gas tax, but when has Illinois ever revoked an existing tax? We'll give you a hint - never.
The text of the Bill can be read here.
Next up, registering all of our cars somewhere else.
Labels: state politics
posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
54 Comments:
"The text of the Bill can be read here."
Yeah, you might as well read it. Our "representatives" won't have time to since they'll probably have to pass this in the middle of the night too.
What happened to the $1.50 delivery tax for every package from Amazon, ups, fedex, mail pills, pizza, beef sandwich, etc, etc, etc.
I can't say its getting ridiculous because we pay tax on unrealized gains through property taxes. Any new way they come up with to swindle more money doesn't surprise me at this point.
The Democrat’s want to bleed everyone to death.
These greedy, corrupt cities and states always make me think of the Beatles song, Taxman. Take a look at the lyrics. https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/beatles/taxman.html
If you drive a car, I'll tax the street
If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat
If you get too cold I'll tax the heat
If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet
I'm surprised they haven't tried that yet, road tax for your feet. Great idea for old Conehead. New jobs for the hoodrats, just give them a fancy uniform, in say purple, and a ticket book. They can patrol the sidewalks of downtown and all the neighborhoods. If you ain't paid da road tax for yur feet, you get da ticket.
Or perhaps an air tax in Chicago would work. An annual tax just to breathe that sweet Shitcago air.
I am glad i do not smoke, vape, or gamble!
30 cents per mile? What about those who live in rural areas who have to drive upwards of 50 miles to work each day? 100 miles round trip would be 150 dollars per week.
Pritzker vehicle tax?
Can't wait to leave this city and state. I don't even know how the mileage tax is constitutional.
Paris on Politics: Chicago's school occupancy crisis
So glad I moved out of Shitcago.
“We don’t have a spending problem, we have a revenue problem’
Made it through about the first third of the text. This is NOT representative government in IL. Interesting snippet tucked in there is that the extra bureaucrats added for this are not to be held liable for failure to prevent crime or apprehend criminals on public transit. Why was that necessary to include?
What good has come out of Springfield in my lifetime? How much was spent to craft this self-licking lollipop of a bill? I write software and this sits right up there with horrendous spaghetti code, the kind that comes from bad engineering or people (out-of-towners) who nefariously set it up for job security.
how about a tax on the amount of food pwickster eats at the all you can eat buffets instead of just a 1 time charge? that can bring in millions$$$
Government workers are the biggest welfare cheats in society. They do nothing of productive value. They contribute nothing of value. Before some government employee says we pay taxes too. I say you're paying pennies and getting back 1-2 million dollars in salary, sick time, IOD, and a pension.
I thought that Pritzker and other Dems said that there would be no tax on deliveries.
So, if passed that road usage fee would be taxing gasoline vehicles that already pay a gasoline tax that funds the roads. Double taxation.
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Raise their taxes as long as it funds our pension. Chicagoans can afford it.
it never passed
Time for a tea party at Burnham Harbor.
Jealous
And I thought I heard that some of the road tax will be diverted to other stuff. I thought this was illegal
A buck more tax on a package of cigarettes is going to create a boat load of cicarette smuggling in the Chicago metro area. Organized crime is going to love it.
They figured it would deprive Chicago youth a career in armed robbery by reducing the number of potential targets.
How does the government have the constitutional right to "search" my odometer??
This road usage tax is solely for the residents of Illinois. How would they apply this tax to people traveling through the state? Sounds unconstitutional (14th amendment?).
Jerk!
did they raise the grass tax from its high rate? shit they are making it cheaper out of state. Grass tax much much cheaper in Mi. Then Indianna tat taxes are cheaper on gas. cigs sales tax, on foid card probably others. Glad New Buffalo is only 69 miles 1 way. a nice not to far of a drive to save taxes. Fuck Fat Bastard
Where’s my weed tax you promised? Fat Body!
How about a dying tax on the body by weight
Excuse me sir, could you stop replying to the police blog and finish making my latte. Oh, and congratulations on completing your 4 year communication degree. Why don’t you take the next police test and you will qualify for a pension.God Bless America.
OOPS. They lied.
It's their money. They are just letting you hold on to some of it each month.
And you believed a democrat? Pro-tip: If their lips are moving, they are lying.
Retired here. I have to come back to the Chicago area for a family reunion soon. I can't wait to once again feel the jack boots of tyranical oppression as I cross the state line into Hellinois. It's a damn shame what that state has become.
No Taxation Without Representation ! None of the Democrat clowns in Springfield represent the interests of the people in their districts.
Can 1631 secede from Chicago?
Become divided between Norridge and Elmwood Park for services? City service from Chicago is subpar. Even its alderman, the ex-fireman is useless.
Yea but you probably live in Illinois. Indiana is waiting for you.
Nothing guaranteed in life but death and more taxes
Right. Its all about your pension. On a cop blog, a comment like that doesn't really motivate the public you serve into supporting the police.
In case you haven’t noticed, they could care less.
You are correct in your assessment.
Except contractors. They don’t get the benefits or the time off that a GS gets. Contractors also don’t have a union. Contractors are needed or the work will never get done.
If the American people had any idea how much the GS scum did, they would have an actual reason to protest.
It isn’t just the salaries and time off. The real shit sandwich is that every single one of them have a budget that only goes up and the travel costs so they can fly to Vegas for yearly conferences that could be done online.
Meanwhile, my governor Ron DeSantis, is trying to totally abolish property taxes! Have you had enough yet?
If the per-mile tax only applied to electric vehicles, I'd absolutely support it.
EVs cause far more damage than gas cars but pay nothing to use the roads.
Of course, no one here is naive enough to think they won't apply it to EVERY vehicle.
BTW - Do you realize that, if your car gets 20mpg, this would effectively be a gas tax of $6.00/gallon? 30mpg = $9.00/gallon.
The more efficient your car, the higher the tax.
I am willing to pay the usage fees as long as the granola eating EV drivers have to pay it too. It grinds my gears that in addition to all the handouts and giveaways they get for buying the effing things, they get out of paying taxes too. As long as gasoline taxes are in effect, triple the fee for EV's. JB the Hutt needs his money!
Well, maybe you shouldn't live in the middle of nowhere then, where everyone else needs to pay for electricity, roads, and USPS service to be run to your property. Pay up, bucko
Too many EVs. Gotta fill the coming gap in gas tax revenue with some other way to pay for the endless road construction.
You sound jealous
#6: "tax tax increase"...?
Call your reps and senators and tell them to kill this bill. Stay on these morons that work for us, not the other way around. Remind them of that too.
Troll Punk
Well said!
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