http://chicagoist.com/2008/02/28/cook_county_bud.php All comments for Cook County Budget Crisis Looms en-us 2009 Marcus Gilmer Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:30:00 -0600 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss marcusisabadass@gmail.com marcusisabadass@gmail.com 60 http://chicagoist.com/2008/02/28/cook_county_bud.php#comment-1302328 http://chicagoist.com/2008/02/28/cook_county_bud.php#comment-1302328 Comments Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:30:36 -0600 <p>Gee, for a guy who campaigned as a "Champion of the little guy" (wink), he sure wants to jack up a sales tax that will fuck the "little guy" up. Sales taxes are always a tax on the poor.</p> http://chicagoist.com/2008/02/28/cook_county_bud.php#comment-1302208 http://chicagoist.com/2008/02/28/cook_county_bud.php#comment-1302208 Comments Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:02:29 -0600 <p>quit raising our taxes and try cutting wasteful spending. Every person and business has to budget and spend what they bring in, not what they want to spend. Taxpayers are not bottomless pockets.</p>