Ahead of our time? Chicago Tribune (finally) hits on ‘corruption tax’

March 30, 2009 by Tony Peraica
Filed under: Corruption, Reform, Taxes

A few years ago, we started an online campaign called “Axe the Corruption Tax” to highlight the real cost of Cook County corruption to the taxpayers.

Apparently, we were ahead of our time…..this morning’s Chicago Tribune contains a story, “Corruption imposes hidden “tax” on Illinoisans”:

People pay the tax when politicians give government jobs to unqualified cronies and contracts to expense-padding donors. They pay when public employees take bribes to overlook violations, when law enforcement spends millions prosecuting crooked politicians and when people are injured because of government misconduct.

We are all paying for corruption. And every time we head to the polls and vote for the status quo - we ensure that this tax will continue to rise and hit our pocketbooks.