Addendum to Previous Entry

To be fair, the sales tax increases described in the previous entry appear to be due increase in the cost of public healthcare, not any new corruption or inefficiency.  Even at a tax rate of 9.25%, I think all of my arguments still apply.  Also, the tax increase is an increase in the county's rate of sales tax, not the city's rate of sales tax.  While my corruption arguments against the city of Chicago might therefore seem a little off-point, they are valid independent of the rate of taxation: money wasted by corrupt politicians is bad no matter how much one pays in taxes.