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http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Cook-County-Violence-Tax-Preckwinkle-173266621.html
Welcome to Chicago, please pay your violence tax.....
Welcome to Chicago, please pay your violence tax.....
"If we can tax cigarettes, it seems we can tax bullets and guns," said Chicago resident Cathryn Taylor. "But at the same time, I get the point that if people are buying the stuff illegally, then the tax doesn't matter because they aren't going through legal channels anyway."
...an ammunition tax isn't the only potential money maker on the table. The board president reportedly wants to lease the top two floors of the County Building in Chicago's Loop for what she estimates could net at least $1 million a year for 10 years.
John Canuck said:Why not just tax illegal gang activity?
urbancommandox said:John Canuck said:Why not just tax illegal gang activity?
It was tried years ago. Drug dealers could buy stamps for there "product" so if caught they wouldst get tax evasion to. Well its all about mail order ammo or driving to another state for the ill. people.
CHICAGO, Nov 2 (Reuters) - The county that includes Chicago approved a tax on firearms on Friday to help pay healthcare costs from gun violence, making it what is believed to be the first major U.S. metropolitan area to enact such a levy as a form of gun control.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners voted 9-7 to impose a $25 tax on each firearm sold. The tax is expected to raise $600,000 in revenue in 2013.