Illinois Entertainment Tax
Illinois has dug a hole that seems impossible to get out of, and this is the best they can do? The root of this problem like always, is who gets the bill. They still don't want to distribute the bill evenly or to the ones that created the cost. Before we get into how this problem was created or how it should be solved, write your representatives and tell them Race fan didn't create the bill and don't deserve to pay it.
On to why and who should pay. Some would say, it's entitlements. Some would say it's infrastructure. Some would say it's wasteful spending. Some would say it's graft. I would say, some of all these, but most importantly, who uses these things and who should pay the bill. Ideally a dollar made is a dollar taxed. This is not happening. In the first years of this country only a Navy was authorized by Congress. This was to guarentee safe shipping. It was paid for by import / export taxes. Precisely who benefited and they passed cost to customers that indirectly benefited. Truly a fair tax. Now we have Corps that pay low wages, use most of the infrastructure and expect everyone else to pay the bill that supplements the income of their under paid work force and the roads and bridges they benefit most from. We all know this tax would be passed to their customers. There isn't even a attempt being made to pay this tax at a dollar made, a dollar taxed. They bailed at bill paying time, leaving it to the middle class as usual. Does this seem like taxation, with out representation to anyone else?