…the tax-increase makes me want to drink more, and I drink plenty.

The way they phrased it on the WBEZ site—using “gallons” as a reference—is misleading. According to the Dept. of Revenue:

For a one-fifth bottle of distilled spirits, the tax would jump from 90 cents to $1.71; the tax on a bottle of wine would increase 13 cents to 28 cents; and a six-pack of beer would go from 10.4 cents to 13 cents.

If I know that 81 MORE cents of each of my purchases of a fifth is going toward public works and things like patching up the damn road, then HELL YES, one more fifth of Dimitri, por favor.

Of course I’m sure if he was sincerely interested in helping us drink on the cheap he and his pals at Bismark could knock down the price of a beer at the UC. Just sayin’.

Because we’re dangerously undertaxed in Illinois…especially Cook County.

Go Rocky. I don’t care if it’s for his benefit. Wish he owned part of a cig company too.

If I can’t drink and I can’t smoke, will they tax me if I start cheating on my husband?

Its because the location of the majority of the Wirtz families stores are in low income areas. Low income ares + tax increase = less money to spend on beer.

One of my friends is the nephew of Dollar Bill. He is now in california engaged in the buisness regarding the other commonly used intoxicant