Death and Taxes...which is more taxing?
They say 2 things in this life are inevitable...Death and Taxes. Since I am writing this...I'm not dead, but I believe I am being taxed to death. I live in Cook County, Illinois. For those of you who live here, I don't even have to begin to explain what I am talking about regarding taxes. For those of you not familiar with Cook County....they enjoy taxing people to the extreme. In my particular city, on top of the state and county charges...I get to pay a 10% sales tax. It is almost painful to type and even more difficult to say. TEN percent. (By the way, for those of you who are curious, you can look up your own tax rate.... http://www.zip2tax.com/z2t_lookup.asp?inputZip=60513 ) I have lived with this sales tax with little to no complaint until recently. The recent development is the village is now proposing a ENTERTAINMENT tax. Really? For this city? I'm finding very little to be entertained about in this city. Honestly, I just heard through the grapevine there is no bi